USGS 7751-Cherokee Co., Kansas: Desmoinesian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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? Griffithides sp.
Portlock 1843
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| originally entered as "Griffithides? sp." | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Chonetella flemingi
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| subspecies crassiradiata | ||||||||||
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Kozlowskia splendens
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| original and current combination Productus splendens | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Reticulatia huecoensis
(King 1931)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
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Desmoinesia muricatina
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Paucispiniferidae
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Hystriculina wabashensis
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus prattenianus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Cancrinella boonensis
(Swallow 1858)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris perplexa
(McChesney 1859)
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| recombined as Condrathyris perplexa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Beecheria bovidens
(Morton 1836)
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| recombined as Dielasma bovidens | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Wellerellidae
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Wellerella tetrahedra
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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Cleiothyridina orbicularis
(McChesney 1859)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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? Hustedia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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| originally entered as "Hustedia? sp." | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Polypora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhomboporidae
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Rhombopora lepidodendroides
Meek 1872
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Cherokee |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 95.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.8° South, 30.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | *Local age/stage: | Desmoinesian |
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cherokee Shale | Member: | Ardmore ls |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous "carbonate" | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 926 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-09 20:38:04 | 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:
| 33. | J. Williams, W. G. Pierce, and W. H. Courtier. 1937. Pennsylvanian Invertebrate Faunas of Southeastern Kansas. In W. G.Pierce, W. H.Courtier (eds.), Geology and Coal Resources of the Southeastern Kansas Coal Field in Crawford, Cherokee, and Labette Counties 24:92-122 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner] |