Paris, Logan County: Kasimovian, Arkansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
KUVP 5962 (holotype; incomplete femur) and KUVP 9973 (neural arch)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arkansas
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 93.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.6° South, 28.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Kasimovian
Age range of interval: 307 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Paris Shale Formation:Allegheny
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper, but not uppermost, Pennsylvanian" (Lane, 1932. Univ. Kansas. Science Bulletin: 17, 313-317)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: coal
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: Collections comes from the Eureka mine. The coal lies in the form of a saucer and the mine is "located near the centre and bottom of the 'saucer'" (Lane, 1932. Univ. Kansas. Science Bulletin: 17, 313-317)
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: KUVP
Metadata
Database number:176082
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:E. Dunne
Modifier:E. Dunne Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-27 09:35:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-27 09:35:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
57797. H. H. Lane. 1932. A new stegocephalian from the Pennsylvanian of Arkansas. Kansas University Science Bulletin 20:313-315 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]