USGS 14934: Noginskian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis (Shumard 1855)
9 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
8 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella cf. cooperi
27 individuals
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
4 individuals
Wellerella cf. delicatula Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes granulifer Owen 1852
8 individuals
recombined as Neochonetes granulifer
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
3 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus huecoensis (King 1931)
1 individual
recombined as Reticulatia huecoensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Marginifera wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
47 individuals
recombined as Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cf. crassa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
5 individuals
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska County:Nemaha
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 95.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.8° South, 26.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
*Period:Late/Upper Carboniferous *Epoch:Gzelian
*International age/stage:Noginskian
Key time interval:Noginskian
Age range of interval:276.80000 - 264.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wabaunsee Formation:Wood Siding Member:Brownville Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: The Noginskian stage is equivalent to the Virgilian stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone (Silty?)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Also known as:Brownville LS member, Wood Siding formation
Database number:11660
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-08-29 08:16:32 Last modified:2017-03-04 00:05:28
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-29 08:16:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4157. 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]