USGS 7760-Crawford Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Crawford County, Kansas (37.4° N, 94.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 29.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• sh 2 to 6.5 feet below Breezy Hill ls

Environment/lithology: shale

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 934: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Phanerotrema sp. Fischer 1885 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
"Aviculopecten ? pellucidus" = Euchondria pellucida
"Aviculopecten ? pellucidus" = Euchondria pellucida Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop
originally entered as "Aviculipecten pellucidus?"
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma, "Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus, "Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
originally entered as "Derbya sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? dunbari King 1933
originally entered as "Neospirifer dunbari?"
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872