USGS 13729, Unit C, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation: Gzhelian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Fusulinidae
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Fusulinidae indet.
Moeller 1878
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllidium sp.
Grabau 1928
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Allorisma cf. terminale
(Hall 1852)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer dunbari
King 1933
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia mormoni
(Marcou 1858)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia crassa
(Meek and Hayden 1858)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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aff. Marginifera lasallensis
(Worthen 1873)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus huecoensis
(King 1931)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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| Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"] | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Chase |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 96.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.1° South, 28.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Carboniferous | ||
| Key time interval: | Gzhelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Foraker Limestone | Member: | Hughes Creek Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The authors placed the Hughes Creek Shale in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. Upper part of Streptognathodus farmeri to lower patr of Streptognathodus binodous zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11951 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-09-20 09:42:25 | Last modified: | 2011-11-23 11:40:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-09-20 09:42:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4157. | M. R. Mudge, E. L. Yochelson, R. C. Douglas, H. Duncan, H. L. Strimple, M. Gordon, Jr., and D. H. Dunkle. 1962. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323:1-213 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner] |