Unit 9, Upper Coal Measures, Erie Limestones, Kansas City (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Broadhead (1872) unit 91-95, Bennett (1896) unit 6-12

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, older than Iola and Garnett, which are Missourian, so treating in same age

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained, gray, green limestone

• Heterogeneous facies in close proximity suggests close to fluvial coastline
• clay, blue limestone (often shelly), bituminous and blue clay shales, drab nodular shales

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 237797: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 17.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya inequimarginata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella limbata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora lepidodendroidea
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora ? interporata
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes vernenilanus
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax uta
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten rectalaterarius
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima retifera
Lima retifera file clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi McChesney 1860 mussel
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten occidentalis
Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 scallop
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus sp.
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp.
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
"Gasteropod sp."
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora, Polypora elliptica
"Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora
Polypora elliptica Rogers 1900
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora biserialis
Septopora biserialis Swallow 1858
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbya keokuk, "Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
Derbya keokuk Hall 1858
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus longispinus" = Eomarginifera longispinus
"Productus longispinus" = Eomarginifera longispinus Sowerby 1814
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis, "Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea Shepard 1838
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella pecosi
Rhipidomella pecosi Marcou 1858
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Spiriferina kentuckiensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Spiriferina kentuckiensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Phillipsia major" = Ameura missouriensis
"Phillipsia major" = Ameura missouriensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 trilobite
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata ""fish tooth""
Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Crucipes parva
Crucipes parva Butts 1891 tetrapod
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae
"Notamphibia magna" = Notalacerta magna, Notalacerta missouriensis
"Notamphibia magna" = Notalacerta magna Butts 1891 tetrapod
Notalacerta missouriensis Butts 1891 tetrapod
  -
"Notalacerta jacksonensis" = Batrachichnus jacksonensis
"Notalacerta jacksonensis" = Batrachichnus jacksonensis Butts 1891 tetrapod
Chondrichthyes
  - Listracanthidae
Listracanthus hystrix
Listracanthus hystrix Newberry and Worthen 1870 elasmobranch
misspelled as "Listiacanthus hystrix"
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia crustula
Conularia crustula White 1880 jellyfish
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulina secalica
Fusulina secalica Morningstar 1922
Duovestigia scala
  -
Duovestigia scala
Duovestigia scala Butts 1891
Punctatumvestigium circuliformis
  -
Punctatumvestigium circuliformis