TC1-7: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania modesta White and St. John 1867
1 specimen
recombined as Petrocrania modesta
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
62 specimens
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 specimen
Lissochonetes geinitzianus (Waagen 1884)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striaticostata
2 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia ? wabaunseensis Dunbar and Condra 1932
3 specimens
originally entered as "Derbyia wabaunseensis?"
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis (King 1931)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
? Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
1 specimen
originally entered as "Hystriculina? sp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
2 specimens
recombined as Linipalus magnispinus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? kansasensis (Swallow 1866)
4 specimens
originally entered as "Neospirifer kansasensis?"
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
12 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita elongata Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 specimen
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
12 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Pottawatomie
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.4° South, 28.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Virgilian
Key time interval:Virgilian
Age range of interval:303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Foraker Limestome Member:Hughes Creek sh
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:firmground,gray "carbonate"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:785
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 09:22:07 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:20:30
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-08 09:22:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29. T. D. Olszewski and M. E. Patzkowsky. 1999. T.D. Olszewski''s Ph.D. - Penn State University. [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/A. Clement]