Kayser Construction Co. Quarry (Lecompton Fm., Montgomery Co., IA): Virgilian, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Shumardella sp. Weller 1910
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium sp. Zavodowsky 1960
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Iowa County:Montgomery
Coordinates: 41.1° North, 95.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.3° South, 26.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Virgilian
Age range of interval: 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lecompton Member:Queen Hill 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:179
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]