Tributary of Coal Creek (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Pamona

Where: Franklin County, Kansas (38.6° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 27.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vinland Shale Member (Stranger Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• lithified based on preservation of specimens

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. D. Crane, R. Crane; reposited in the SUI

• University of Iowa (SUI) collection

Primary reference: H. L. Strimple. 1971. Crinoids from the Vinland Shale (Virgilian) of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 45:998-1000 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90809: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae
Aglaocrinus cranei n. sp.
Aglaocrinus cranei n. sp. Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae
Plaxocrinus cf. gloukosensis
 Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae
Graffhamicrinus magnificus, Graffhamicrinus profundus n. sp.
Graffhamicrinus profundus n. sp. Sea lily