PTOQ-3,4,5-98 (Permian of the United States)

Where: Pottawatomie County, Kansas (39.5° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 26.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eskridge Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

Primary reference: T. D. Olszewski and M. E. Patzkowsky. 1999. T.D. Olszewski''s Ph.D. - Penn State University. [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 891: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 08.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina scitula Newell 1942 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam