USGS 13539, Onaga: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus huecoensis
(King 1931)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Reticulatia huecoensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia sp.
Waagen 1884
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes granulifer
Owen 1852
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40 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Neochonetes granulifer | ||||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Petrocrania modesta
(White and St. John 1867)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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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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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Fusulinidae
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Fusulinidae indet.
Moeller 1878
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Pottawatomie |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.0° South, 26.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Beattie | Member: | Florena |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale, silty, calcareous, gray to light-gray, calcareous lens in middle part; fragments of celestite cover upper surface; brachiopods abundant in lower part | |
| 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: | 12430 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-11-13 08:38:33 | Last modified: | 2013-08-31 10:24:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-11-13 08:38:33 |
| 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] |