USGS Loc. 13826, Roca Shale formation: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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4 individuals | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Greenwood |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 96.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° South, 27.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Asselian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Permian | *Epoch: | Rotliegendes |
| Key time interval: | Asselian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Roca Shale | Local bed: | 9 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The collection comes from a thin lime layer in the Roca Shale at this locality which is mostly covered. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12243 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-10-15 09:14:17 | Last modified: | 2004-07-07 20:27:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-10-15 09:14:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4157. | M. R. Mudge, E. L. Yochelson, R. C. Douglas, H. Duncan, H. L. Strimple, M. Gordon, Jr., and D. H. Dunkle. 1962. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323:1-213 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner] |