USGS 7788-Labette Co., Kansas: Desmoinesian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Labette
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 95.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.7° South, 30.7° West (Wright 2013)
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: 312.7 - 305.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Scott Limestone Member:Blackjack Creek ls
Stratigraphy comments: 2 feet above base of Blackjack Creek ls
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: dolomite
Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:957
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-10 09:04:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:10
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]