USGS Loc. 13490, Bennett Shale member, Red Eagle LS formation: Asselian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Wellerellidae
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Wellerella truncata
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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1 individual | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris expansa
(Dunbar and Condra 1932)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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15 individuals | |||||||||
[entered as Composta subtilita] | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Fenestrata
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Fenestrata indet.
(Elias and Condra 1957)
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synonym of Fenestelloidea | ||||||||||
Listed as Fenestrate Bryozoans | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Cladodus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Riley |
Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 96.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 0.1° South, 27.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 - 295.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Red Eagle Limestone | Member: | Bennett Shale | Local bed: | 65 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black calcareous,carbonaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Shale, silty, carbonaceous, calcareous, black, weathers gray, thin-bedded to blocky | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
Database number: | 12115 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2001-10-09 11:18:06 | Last modified: | 2004-07-07 20:27:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-10-09 11:18:06 |
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] |