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 | |
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Strophomenata | |
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
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Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam |