TC1-1c: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
? Aviculopinna peracuta (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
4 specimens
originally entered as "Aviculopinna? peracuta"
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania modesta White and St. John 1867
15 specimens
recombined as Petrocrania modesta
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifer (Owen 1852)
11 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cymbula Hall and Clarke 1893
11 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis2
2 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia ? huecoensis (King 1931)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Reticulatia huecoensis?"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
16 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer kansasensis (Swallow 1866)
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard 1855)
4 specimens
recombined as Punctospirifer kentuckensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Pottawatomie
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 96.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 27.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black "shale"
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:808
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 11:03:11 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
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]