USGS 13465, Westmoreland: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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| Listed as Fish Tooth | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Cladodus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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100 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Pottawatomie |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 96.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.0° North, 27.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Asselian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Permian | *Epoch: | Rotliegendes |
| Key time interval: | Asselian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Red Eagle Limestone | Member: | Bennett Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale, silty, calcareous, dark-gray, weathers light gray, thin-bedded; some iron stains | |
| 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 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Bryozoans and microfossils are listed as being present in the shale but are not identified. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12111 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-10-09 10:35:48 | Last modified: | 2021-07-01 20:14:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-10-09 10:35:48 |
| 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] |