Where: Crawford County, Kansas (37.6° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 29.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cherokee Shale Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• sh a few inches to 4 feet below the Croweburg coal
Environment/lithology: gray shale
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 972: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopecten whitei" = Dunbarella striata
"Aviculopecten whitei" = Dunbarella striata Stevens 1858 scallop |