Midwest Minerals quarry, Coffeyville: Kasimovian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Cladodus occidentalis
Leidy 1859
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recombined as Glikmanius occidentalis | |||||||
Bythiacanthus sp.
StJohn and Worthen 1875
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Chondrichthyes
- Symmoriiformes
- Symmoriidae
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Petrodus patelliformis
McCoy 1848
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Chondrichthyes
- Listracanthidae
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Listracanthus hystrix
Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Edestidae
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Edestus cf. heinrichi
(Newberry and Worthen 1870)
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Caseodontidae
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Caseodus eatoni
Zangerl 1981
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Chondrichthyes
- Lagarodontidae
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Lagarodus angustus
(Romanovsky 1864)
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Chondrichthyes
- Cochliodontiformes
- Cochliodontidae
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Deltodus cf. angularis
Newberry and Worthen 1866
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Petalodus ohioensis
Safford 1853
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Montgomery |
Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 95.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° South, 29.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Pennsylvanian |
Stage: | Kasimovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
Key time interval: | Kasimovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 307.00000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Marmaton | Formation: | Altamont Limestone | Member: | Lake Neosho Shale |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Altamont Limestone is basal Kasimovian unit in midcontinent region (Schmitz & Davydov, 2012). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: Authors favor interpretation of deposition in deep water under stagnant, dysaerobic conditions. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: Fort Hays State Museum (FHSM) in Hays, Kansas. Additional fossils at the Bob Campbell Geology Museum (BCGM) in Clemson, South Carolina. |
Metadata
Database number: | 132333 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-14 06:03:26 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-14 06:03:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42606. | S. A. Hamm and D. J. Cicimurri. 2005. Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) chondrichthyans from the Lake Neosho Shale Member of the Altamont Limestone in Montgomery County, Kansas. Paludicola 5(2):65-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |