Where: Butler County, Kansas (37.5° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 27.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Speiser Shale Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, gray, argillaceous, calcareous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
Primary reference: D. E. Hattin. 1959. An occurrence of Ophiuraster burrisi Miller. Journal of Paleontology 33(6):1125-1128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 94602: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Strophomenata | |
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884 | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. bryozoan | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Ophiuroidea | |
"Ophiuraster burrisi" = Archaeophiomusium burrisi
"Ophiuraster burrisi" = Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958 brittle star |