USGS 7751-Cherokee Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Cherokee County, Kansas (37.2° N, 95.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ardmore ls Member (Cherokee Shale Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: argillaceous carbonate

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: J. Williams, W. G. Pierce, and W. H. Courtier. 1937. Pennsylvanian Invertebrate Faunas of Southeastern Kansas. In W. G.Pierce, W. H.Courtier (eds.), Geology and Coal Resources of the Southeastern Kansas Coal Field in Crawford, Cherokee, and Labette Counties 24:92-122 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 926: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 09.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella flemingi, "Kozlowskia splendens" = Productus splendens
Chonetella flemingi
subspecies crassiradiata
"Kozlowskia splendens" = Productus splendens Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Cancrinella boonensis Swallow 1858
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Beecheria bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens
"Beecheria bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella tetrahedra Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
? Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Hustedia? sp."
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
originally entered as "Griffithides? sp."