Verdigris River beneath Mill Street Bridge (Iola Fm., Wilson Co., KS) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wilson County, Kansas (37.4° N, 95.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Muncie Creek Shale Member (Iola Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
Girtycoelia sp.
Girtycoelia sp. King 1933 demosponge
originally entered as "Girtyocoelia sp."
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp.
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
originally entered as "Crinoidea sp."