USGS 7904-Labette Co., Kansas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Labette County, Kansas (37.1° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 30.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• sandstone about 15 feet above Ardmore limestone member

Environment/lithology: carbonaceous sandstone

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 1046: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Monopteriidae
 Myalinida - Myalinidae