Carnahan Creek Recration Area, east side of Tuttle Creek Lake: Sakmarian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Xiphosura
- Xiphosurida
- Paleolimulidae
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Paleolimulus signatus
(Beecher 1904)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 96.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.4° North, 26.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Sakmarian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sakmarian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Crouse |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
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: | 88498 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-12 22:31:38 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-12 22:31:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29693. | L. E. Babcock, D. F. Merriam, and R. R. West. 2000. Paleolimulus, an early limuline (Xiphosurida), from Pennsylvanian-Permian Lagerstatten of Kansas and taphonomic comparison with modern Limulus. Lethaia 33:129-141 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |