K1-1(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Kiowa County, Kansas (37.4° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 57.3° 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: transition zone or lower shoreface; graded conglomerate

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 2004: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
rare
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita belviderensis Cragin 1894 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis mussel
rare
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Pecten occidentalis" = Aviculopecten occidentalis
"Pecten occidentalis" = Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869 oyster
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
rare