GWOC-5top: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale (Hall 1852)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geinitzianus (Waagen 1884)
5 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striaticostata
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
4 specimens
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis (King 1931)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
3 specimens
recombined as Linipalus magnispinus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
31 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
10 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
8 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ? subtilita (Hall 1852)
2 specimens
originally entered as "Composita subtilita?"
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Greenwood
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.8° South, 28.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:burrows "shale"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:854
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 15:59:23 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:10
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]