Abandoned strip mine (Fort Scott Fm., Bourbon Co., KS): Desmoinesian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Bourbon |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 94.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.4° South, 29.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.7 - 305.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Scott Limestone | Member: | Little Osage Shale | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: all of the Desmoinesian collections in this paper are late Desmoinesian, see title of Swade 1985 in refs |
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: | 77 | ||
| 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] |