M4-15(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: McPherson County, Kansas (38.5° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 55.8° 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: shoreface; gray sandstone

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 2032: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. FĂ©russac 1822 snail
originally entered as "Ampulina sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. rivulana nut clam
"sp. cf. N. rivulana" - originally entered as "Nucula sp. cf. N. rivulana"
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
originally entered as "Ostreidae sp."
"Lopha quadriplicata" = Peilinia quadriplicata Kues 1997 oyster
Ostrea rugosa Smith 1817 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam
originally entered as "Corbulids sp."
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia emoryi" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia emoryi" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam