USGS 7790-Crawford Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Crawford County, Kansas (37.6° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Blackjack Creek ls Member (Fort Scott Limestone Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• basal 5 feet of Blackjack Creek ls

Environment/lithology: 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 959: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
originally entered as "Derbya crassa"