Road cut on Hwy I-70, Geary Co., Funston Ls.: Sakmarian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Bransonelliformes
Xenacanthus luedersensis Berman 1970
KUVP 82669
    = Bransonella sp. Harlton 1933
Hampe and Ivanov 2007
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Geary
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 96.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° North, 26.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Chase Formation:Funston Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: Vertebrate remains extracted from the same horizons throughout the Wreford Megacyclothem, Chase Group, Gearyan Stage, Lower Permian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Light gray, thick-bedded.
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:acetic
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas (KUVP)
Metadata
Database number:130825
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-14 09:09:06 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-14 09:09:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

42284. H. Schultze. 1985. Marine to Onshore Vertebrates in the Lower Permian of Kansas and their Paleoenvironmental Implications. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 113:1-18 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

42567 O. Hampe and A. Ivanov. 2007. Bransonelliformes - a new order of the Xenacanthimorpha (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Fossil Record 10:190-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]