Where: Harvey County, Kansas (38.0° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 26.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wellington Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Wichita University
Primary reference: P. Tasch. 1961. Paleolimnology: part 2 - Harvey and Sedgwick counties, Kansas: stratigraphy and biota. Journal of Paleontology 35:836-865 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216778: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Branchiopoda | |
Isaura (Euestheria) harveyi branchiopod | |
Insecta | |
Bifarius comptae n. gen. n. sp.
Bifarius comptae n. gen. n. sp. Tasch 1961 insect |