RLAND-21: Asselian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Clavicosta sp. Newell 1938
1 specimen
originally entered as "Clavicosta? sp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis (King 1931)
9 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
210 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striaticostata
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cymbula Hall and Clarke 1893
14 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
13 specimens
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania modesta White and St. John 1867
2 specimens
recombined as Petrocrania modesta
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Riley
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° South, 27.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
*Local age/stage:Wolfcampian
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Beattie Member:Florena
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:848
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 15:36:02 Last modified:2013-08-29 22:15:04
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-08 15:36:02
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]