USGS 7778-Crawford Co., Kansas: Desmoinesian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea missouriensis
(Shumard 1858)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Crawford |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 94.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.6° South, 29.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | *Local age/stage: | Desmoinesian |
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cherokee Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: black fissile, "paper-thin" shale 1 to 3 feet below top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black "shale" | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 948 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-10 08:41:26 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33. | J. Williams, W. G. Pierce, and W. H. Courtier. 1937. Pennsylvanian Invertebrate Faunas of Southeastern Kansas. In W. G.Pierce, W. H.Courtier (eds.), Geology and Coal Resources of the Southeastern Kansas Coal Field in Crawford, Cherokee, and Labette Counties 24:92-122 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner] |