Hamilton Quarry: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Eoscopus lockardi n. gen., n. sp. Daly 1994
Daly 1994 1 individual
KUVP 80408 (holotype: skull, 5cm in length, in part and counterpart, along with anterior vertebrae)
Reptilia - Captorhinidae
Concordia cunninghami n. gen., n. sp. Müller and Reisz 2005
2 individuals
KUVP 87102 (holotype), KUVP 96164, both are skulls; catalogue nos. amended according to Reisz et al. (2016), originally reported as 'KUVP 8702' and 'KUVP 96/95', respectively
Reptilia
Spinoaequalis schultzei n. gen., n. sp. deBraga and Reisz 1995
deBraga and Reisz 1995 1 individual
KUVP 12484 (holotype)
Caseidae
Eocasea martini n. gen., n. sp. Reisz and Fröbisch 2014
Reisz and Fröbisch 2014 1 individual
KUVP 9616b (holotype)
Varanopidae
Archaeovenator hamiltonensis n. gen., n. sp. Reisz and Dilkes 2003
Reisz and Dilkes 2003 1 individual
KUVP 12483 (holotype)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Greenwood
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 96.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° South, 28.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Virgilian
Age range of interval: 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Shawnee Formation:Calhoun Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Virgillian Series, Upper Pennsylvanian; late Kasimovian according to Modesto et al. (2015); originally entered "Calhouns Shale".
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:68427
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Mueller, R. Benson, R. Butler Enterer:M. Uhen, T. Liebrecht, E. Dunne, R. Benson
Modifier:R. Plotnick Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-22 06:27:13 Last modified:2022-05-09 11:17:42
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-22 06:27:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19706. J. Müller and R. R. Reisz. 2005. An early captorhinid reptile (Amniota, Eureptilia) from the Upper Carboniferous of Hamilton, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):561-568 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

81626 C.R. Cunningham, H.R. Feldman, E. K. Franseen, R. A. Gastaldo, and G. Mapes, C. G., Maples and G. H.-P. Christopher Schultze. 1993. The Upper Carboniferous Hamilton fossil-Lagerstätte in Kansas; a valley-fill, tidally influenced deposit. Lethaia 26:225-236 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]
59720 E. Daly. 1994. The Amphibamidae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli), with a description of a new genus from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Kansas. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications 85:1-59 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
29087 M. deBraga and R. R. Reisz. 1995. A new diapsid reptile from the uppermost Carboniferous (Stephanian) of Kansas. Palaeontology 38(1):199-212 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/R. Butler]
81632 B. S. Kues. 1988. Observations on the Late Pennsylvanian eurypterids of the Hamilton quarries, Kansas. In G. Mapes, R. H. Maples (eds.), Regional geology and paleontology of upper Paleozoic Hamilton quarry area in southeastern Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Guidebook 6:95-104 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]
55727 S. P. Modesto, D. M. Scott, M. J. MacDougall, H.-D. Sues, D. C. Evans and R. R. Reisz. 2015. The oldest parareptile and the early diversification of reptiles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:20141912 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
28909 R. R. Reisz and D. W. Dilkes. 2003. Archaeovenator hamiltonensis, a new varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(4):667-678 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
50795 R. R. Reisz and J. Fröbisch. 2014. The oldest caseid synapsid from the Late Pennsylvanian of Kansas, and the evolution of herbivory in terrestrial vertebrates. PLoS One 9(4):e94518 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
61262 R. R. Reisz, Y. Haridy, and J. Müller. 2016. Euconcordia nom. nov., a replacement name for the captorhinid eureptile Concordia Müller and Reisz, 2005 (non Kingsley, 1880), with new data on its dentition. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 3:1-6 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]