Elmo V, top slope (Permian of the United States)

Where: Dickinson County, Kansas (38.6° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 25.8° 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 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 216784: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
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Hypatocephala rugosa n. gen. n. sp.
Hypatocephala rugosa n. gen. n. sp. Tasch 1961 insect