Site 3, Geary county: Asselian, Kansas
collected by K. Ewell 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus sp.
Chomatodus arcuatus St. John 1870
recombined as Petalodus arcuatus
Chondrichthyes
Amelacanthus sp. Maisey 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.2° South, 27.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Council Grove Formation:Grenola Member:Neva
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Below Site 2 but somewhat higher in the section than Site 1 (still lower Permian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous mudstone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:K. Ewell Collection dates:2003
Collection method comments: Repository: Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas.
Metadata
Database number:132374
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-15 15:29:16 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-15 15:29:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42649. K. Ewell and M. J. Everhart. 2005. A Paleozoic shark fauna from the Council Grove Group (Lower Permian). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108:71-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]