TC1-2mid: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer kansasensis (Swallow 1866)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 specimen
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina ? wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Hystriculina wabashensis?"
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
? Meekella striaticostata
1 specimen
originally entered as "Meekella? striaticostata"
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Pottawatomie
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.4° South, 28.1° 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"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:807
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 11:00:34 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]