Where: Clark County, Kansas (37.3° N, 99.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 57.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kiowa Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic, gray, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Scott. 1970. Paleoecology and Paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Kiowa Formation, Kansas. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions (52)1-94 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 1999: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
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Breviarca habita clam
Breviarca subovata clam | |
Brachidontes nonbifurcus mussel | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Trachycardium kansasense cockle | |
Corbula smolanensis clam | |
Nucula cf. rivulana nut clam "sp. cf. N. rivulana" - originally entered as "Nucula sp. cf. N. rivulana"
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Yoldia microdonta clam | |
Nuculana mutata pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell |