USGS Loc. 14888, Falls City Limestone formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Lyon County, Kansas (38.7° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 28.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falls City Limestone Formation (Admire Group), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Falls City LS in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it was late Carboniferous. Collection comes from the upper part of the Falls City LS at this locality.

•The Noginskian Stage is reported as equivalent to the Virgilian Stage.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: M. R. Mudge, E. L. Yochelson, R. C. Douglas, H. Duncan, H. L. Strimple, M. Gordon, Jr., and D. H. Dunkle. 1962. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323:1-213 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11731: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 04.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
? Lindstroemella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus vetulus Newell 1942 mussel
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin