USGS Loc. 13707, Bennett Shale member, Red Eagle LS formation: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus huecoensis
(King 1931)
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3 individuals | ||||||
| recombined as Reticulatia huecoensis | |||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Wabaunsee |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.6° South, 27.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Asselian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Permian | *Epoch: | Rotliegendes |
| Key time interval: | Asselian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Red Eagle Limestone | Member: | Bennett Shale | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale, clayey, noncalcareous, gray, blocky; thin conglomeratic zone 0.7 ft from base of overlying limestone; well-rounded claystone fragments as much as 1/4 inch in diameter; comglomerate only in west side of cut | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12117 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-10-09 11:56:38 | Last modified: | 2004-07-07 20:27:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-10-09 11:56:38 |
| 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] |