USGS 14802, Cedar Vale: Asselian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes granulifer Owen 1852
19 individuals
recombined as Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus huecoensis (King 1931)
24 individuals
recombined as Reticulatia huecoensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
34 individuals
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cymbula Hall and Clarke 1893
23 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striatocostata (Cox 1857)
16 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
31 individuals
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as Bifoliate Bryozoans
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. arctisulcatus Newell 1938
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Allorisma terminale (Hall 1852)
9 individuals
recombined as Wilkingia terminale
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cf. wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
8 individuals
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha muricata (Knight 1934)
15 individuals
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Cowley
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.9° South, 28.2° 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 - 295.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Council Grove Formation:Beattie Member:Florena
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "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:12442
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-11-13 11:33:52 Last modified:2013-08-31 10:50:12
Access level:the public Released:2001-11-13 11:33:52
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]