E6-3B(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Ellsworth County, Kansas (38.6° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 55.9° 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: 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 2045: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 17.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus praetenuis
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania sp.
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella belviderei
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulidae indet.
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam
originally entered as "Corbulids sp."
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Flaventia belviderensis
Flaventia belviderensis venus clam
originally entered as "Flaventina belviderensis"
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella semicostata