PTCP2-14: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale (Hall 1852)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
21 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella cooperi
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
4 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striaticostata
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia hooserensis Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis (King 1931)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
14 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Pottawatomie
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 96.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 27.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Virgilian
Key time interval: Virgilian
Age range of interval: 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:786
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 09:26:21 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29. T. D. Olszewski and M. E. Patzkowsky. 1999. T.D. Olszewski''s Ph.D. - Penn State University. [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/A. Clement]