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 | |
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Phanerotrema sp. Fischer 1885 snail | |
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam | |
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop | |
"Aviculopecten ? pellucidus" = Euchondria pellucida
"Aviculopecten ? pellucidus" = Euchondria pellucida Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop originally entered as "Aviculipecten pellucidus?"
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Strophomenata | |
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"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 | |
Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855 | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 |