USGS 7862-Labette Co., Kansas: Desmoinesian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Labette
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 95.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.9° South, 30.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Local age/stage:Desmoinesian
Key time interval:Desmoinesian
Age range of interval:312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cherokee Shale Member:Ardmore ls
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:1015
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-10 13:55:24 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33. 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]