Unit 4, Upper Coal Measures, Erie Limestones, Kansas City (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Broadhead (1872) unit 85, Bennett (1896) unit 24

Where: Jackson County, Missouri (39.2° N, 94.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Erie Limestone Member (Pottawatomie Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Upper Coal Measures, presumably Bethany Falls limestone; older than Iola and Garnett, which are Missourian, so treating in same age

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone and shale

• "12 feet deep-blue limestone and black chert in the upper 4 feet. From this down it is an argillaceous limestone and blue in lower strata"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Rogers

Primary reference: J. W. Beede and A. Rogers. 1900. Coal Measures faunal studies. I. Kansas University Quarterly 9(4):233-254more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237767: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 16.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis carbonaria
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Allorisma subcuneatam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima retifera
Lima retifera file clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis tenuistriatus
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aipoceratidae
Asymptoceras capos
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Coloceras globatus
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Domatoceras lasallensis
 Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae
Ephippioceras ferratus
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus planorbiformis, Nautilus planovolvis
Nautilus planorbiformis
Mis-spelled "Nantilus planorbiformis"
Nautilus planovolvis
Mis-spelled "Nantilus planovolvis"
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras occidentalis, Tainoceras ponderosum
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata ""fish tooth""
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris sp.
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Phillipsia major" = Ameura missouriensis
"Phillipsia major" = Ameura missouriensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida -
Cyrtoceras sp.
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense Meek and Worthen 1860
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp.
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
 Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense McChesney 1859
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Pleurotomaria broadheadi" = Shansiella broadheadi
"Pleurotomaria broadheadi" = Shansiella broadheadi White 1880 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Pleurotomaria tabulata" = Worthenia tabulata
"Pleurotomaria tabulata" = Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus, "Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Monopteriidae
Monopteria longispina
Monopteria longispina Cox 1857 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina ampla" = Myalina (Orthomyalina) ampla
"Myalina ampla" = Myalina (Orthomyalina) ampla Meek and Hayden 1864 clam
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
"Aviculopecten fasciculatus" = Pseudaviculopecten fasciculatus
"Aviculopecten fasciculatus" = Pseudaviculopecten fasciculatus Hall 1883 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten occidentalis
Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp.
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa Geinitz 1867 oyster
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sedgwickia topekensis
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp., Schizodus wheeleri
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Schizodus wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solenomya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides, "Solenomya parallela" = Acharax parallela
"Solenomya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides Meek 1874 Awning Clam
"Solenomya parallela" = Acharax parallela Beede and Rogers 1899 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea Shepard 1838
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria
"Lingula umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora biserialis
Septopora biserialis Swallow 1858
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839