Grand Summit, Eskridge Shale: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Echinocystitoida
- Lepidesthidae
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Meekechinus elegans n. gen., n. sp.
Jackson 1912
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.6° South, 28.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Asselian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Asselian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.9 - 293.52 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Eskridge |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 110407 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-07 09:42:58 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-07 09:42:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32036. | R. T. Jackson. 1912. Phylogeny of the Echini, with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:1-491 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |