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
Demospongiae | |
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Bivalvia | |
Trachycardium kansasense cockle | |
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Breviarca subovata clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell |