US160 west of Independence (Stanton Fm., Montgomery Co., KS): Missourian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura sp.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus sp. Girty 1912
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
originally entered as "Paleoneilo sp."
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Montgomery
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 95.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.3° South, 29.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Missourian
Age range of interval:305.90000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Stanton Member:Eudora Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:170
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2006-08-07 00:47:13
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12. J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]