PTEM-4: Asselian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
? Schizodus wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Schizodus? wheeleri"
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
? Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
5 specimens
originally entered as "Hystriculina? sp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
5 specimens
recombined as Linipalus magnispinus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
26 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
14 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Pottawatomie
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 96.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° South, 26.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
*Local age/stage:Wolfcampian
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grenola Member:Neva
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous "shale"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:829
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 14:32:54 Last modified:2013-08-29 22:14:33
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-08 14:32:54
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]