E3-4(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Ellsworth County, Kansas (38.6° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 56.0° 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 2040: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
rare
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium kansasense
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis
Botula carolinensis mussel
rare
 Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca subovata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet., "Lopha quadriplicata" = Peilinia quadriplicata, Crassostrea kiowana
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
originally entered as "Ostreidae sp."
"Lopha quadriplicata" = Peilinia quadriplicata Kues 1997 oyster
common
Crassostrea kiowana oyster
common
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella belviderei
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell