USGS Loc. 13839, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Lyon County, Kansas (38.4° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.2° S, 28.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Five Point Limestone Member (Janesville Shale Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Five Point Limestone in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. Collection comes from the lower limestone of the Five Point at this locality. Noginskian stage is recognized as equivalent to the Virgilian stage.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Fusulinid tests common in the 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 11763: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 06.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina sp.
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp.
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet.
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Fragments and individuals in limestone
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Pseudofusulina delicata, Triticites confertus, Triticites pointensis
Triticites confertus Thompson 1954
Triticites pointensis Thompson 1954
 Fusulinoidea - Eostaffellidae
Millerella inflata
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
Schubertella kingi
Schubertella kingi Dunbar and Skinner 1937
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
Bradyina sp.