Kansas City, Hertha Limestone (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (39.1° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hertha Formation (Bronson Group), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Jeffords. 1947. Pennsylvanian lophophyllidid corals. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Coelenterata 1:1-84 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71528: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.04.2007, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
"Conocardium parrishi n. sp." = Hoarepora parrishi2
"Conocardium parrishi n. sp." = Hoarepora parrishi2 Worthen 1890
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon textiliformis n. sp." = Retispira textiliformis1
"Bellerophon textiliformis n. sp." = Retispira textiliformis1 Gurley 1883 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophamplexus westii n. sp.
Lophamplexus westii n. sp. horn coral
1Gurley 1883; 2Worthen 1890