USGS 7812-Crawford Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

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
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
"Aviculopecten whitei" = Dunbarella striata
"Aviculopecten whitei" = Dunbarella striata Stevens 1858 scallop