USGS 7892-Labette Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Labette County, Kansas (37.1° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 30.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cherokee Shale Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• thin ls above Stice coal

Environment/lithology: black, argillaceous carbonate

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 1037: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? dunbari King 1933
originally entered as "Neospirifer dunbari?"
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
subspecies immatura
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam