USGS 7828-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 ? scitulus
(Meek and Worthen 1865)
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| recombined as Ditomopyge scitulus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Griffithides? scitulus?" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Mesolobus mesolobus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| original and current combination Chonetes mesoloba | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
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Desmoinesia muricatina
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer occidentalis
Girty 1927
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| replaced by Anthracospirifer occiduus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer ? dunbari
King 1933
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| originally entered as "Neospirifer dunbari?" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllum profundum
(Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
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| recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Cherokee |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 94.9° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: cap ls of Mineral coal |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black argillaceous "limestone" | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: from a thin balck ls and limy sh zone a few inches above the coal | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 986 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-10 11:02:55 | 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] |