Unit 16, Upper Coal Measures, Lawrence Oolite, Lawrence Dam, Cameron's Bluff (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Douglas County, Kansas (39.0° N, 95.3° W: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 28.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lawrence Shales Member (Douglas Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• Upper Coal Measures. Located within the Lawrence Shales
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; ooidal limestone
• "Oolitic limstone at top grading into calcareous sandstone at the bottom, about 6 feet thick."
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 237801: 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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| Crinoidea | |
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Hydreionocrinus ? subsinuatus Sea lily | |
| Stenolaemata | |
| Strophomenata | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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| Bivalvia | |
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Avicula sulcata clam | |
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Lima retifera file clam | |
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Monopteria alata clam | |
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? Posidonomya pertennuis oyster
? Posidonomya recurva oyster | |
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Prothyris ? elegans clam | |
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Pseudomonotis tenuistriatus scallop | |
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Schizodus compressus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Bellerophon marconanus snail | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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| Trilobita | |
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Griffithides scitula trilobite | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Lophophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral | |
| unclassified | |
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Vertebrata ""fish tooth"" Lamarck 1801 | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin | |
| Stenolaemata | |
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Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
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Septopora biserialis Swallow 1858 | |
Polypora sp., "Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora
"Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora | |
| Lingulata | |
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Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858 | |
| Chileata | |
"Aulacorhynchus millepunctatus" = Isogramma
"Aulacorhynchus millepunctatus" = Isogramma | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea Shepard 1838 | |
"Diclasma bovidens" = Beecheria bovidens
"Diclasma bovidens" = Beecheria bovidens Morton 1836 | |
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836 | |
| Strophomenata | |
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia, Derbya keokuk
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
Derbya keokuk Hall 1858 | |
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Meekella striatocostata Cox 1857 | |
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 | |
"Productus longispinus" = Eomarginifera longispinus
"Productus longispinus" = Eomarginifera longispinus Sowerby 1814 | |
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis, "Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus, "Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis Meek 1872 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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"Naticopsis altonensis" = Jedria ventrica
"Naticopsis altonensis" = Jedria ventrica Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
"Bellerophon carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Bellerophon carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
"Bellerophon ? bellus" = Retispira textiliformis, "Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus
"Bellerophon ? bellus" = Retispira textiliformis Gurley 1883 snail
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria missouriensis" = Euconospira missouriensis
"Pleurotomaria missouriensis" = Euconospira missouriensis Swallow 1860 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Pleurophorus subcostatus" = Permophorus subcostatus
"Pleurophorus subcostatus" = Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
"Edmondia nebraskensis" = Edmondia nebrascensis
"Edmondia nebraskensis" = Edmondia nebrascensis Geinitz 1866 clam | |
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Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Schizodus subcircularis Herrick 1887 clam | |
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi, "Modiola subelliptica" = Volsellina subelliptica
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi McChesney 1860 mussel
"Modiola subelliptica" = Volsellina subelliptica Meek 1867 mussel | |
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Monopteria longispina Cox 1857 clam | |
Myalina sp., "Myalina subquadrata" = Myalina (Orthomyalina) subquadrata
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
"Myalina subquadrata" = Myalina (Orthomyalina) subquadrata Shumard 1855 clam | |
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia Bronn 1828 oyster | |
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa Geinitz 1867 oyster | |
"Monopteria subalata" = Limopteria subalata
"Monopteria subalata" = Limopteria subalata Beede and Rogers 1899 pearl oyster | |
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Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
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Pernopecten ? aviculatus Shumard and Swallow 1858 scallop | |
"Aviculopecten sculptilis" = Streblochondria sculptilis
"Aviculopecten sculptilis" = Streblochondria sculptilis Miller 1891 scallop | |
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Aviculopecten ? germanus Miller and Faber 1892 scallop
Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 scallop
Aviculopecten mccoyi Meek and Hayden 1864 scallop | |
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Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop
Pseudomonotis cf. hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop | |
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous
"Aviculopecten carboniferus" = Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop | |
"Macrodon obsoletus" = Parallelodon obsoletus
"Macrodon obsoletus" = Parallelodon obsoletus Meek 1871 clam | |
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Nucula pulchella Beede and Rogers 1899 nut clam | |
"Solenomya parallela" = Acharax parallela
"Solenomya parallela" = Acharax parallela Beede and Rogers 1899 Awning Clam | |
"Yoldia glabra" = Paleyoldia glabra
"Yoldia glabra" = Paleyoldia glabra Beede and Rogers 1898 clam | |
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
| Cephalopoda | |
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense Meek and Worthen 1860 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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| Crustacea | |
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| Foraminifera | |
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Fusulina secalica Morningstar 1922 | |