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 | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea capuliformis McChesney 1859 | |
Bivalvia | |
Monopteria gibbosa clam | |
Myalina swallowi clam |