USGS 7897-Labette Co., Kansas: Desmoinesian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
    = Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
Pleurotomaria sp.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Phanerotrema grayvillense (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
Naticopsis altonensis (McChesney 1865)
synonym of Jedria ventrica
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Patellostium montfortianum (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Cymatospira montfortianus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Pleurophorus sp. King 1844
replaced by Permophorus
originally entered as "Pleurophorus? sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
? Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
originally entered as "Phestia? sp."
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard 1855)
recombined as Punctospirifer kentuckensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? dunbari King 1933
originally entered as "Neospirifer dunbari?"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
Strophomenata - Productida
Desmoinesia muricatina (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella flemingi
Chonetella flemingi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Labette
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 95.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.9° South, 30.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Local age/stage:Desmoinesian
Key time interval:Desmoinesian
Age range of interval:312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cherokee Shale
Stratigraphy comments: ls about 16 feet above Mineral coal
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: from float above described ls, which may be the "red" limestone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:1042
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, P. Novack-Gottshall, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski, P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-10 15:49:46 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33. 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]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]