Where: Kansas (39.3° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 26.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Crouse Formation (Council Grove Group), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Babcock, D. F. Merriam, and R. R. West. 2000. Paleolimulus, an early limuline (Xiphosurida), from Pennsylvanian-Permian Lagerstatten of Kansas and taphonomic comparison with modern Limulus. Lethaia 33:129-141 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88498: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.04.2009

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