TC1-1a-ls: Virgilian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
2 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis (King 1931)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
20 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
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:gray wackestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. 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:858
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-08 16:08:45 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]