Quarry in northwestern Franklin County: Gzhelian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Petalodus jewetti n. sp.
Miller 1957
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Franklin |
Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 95.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.3° South, 27.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
Key time interval: | Gzhelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Oread | Member: | Plattsmouth Limestone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: University of Kansas Natural History Museum |
Metadata
Database number: | 132334 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-14 06:17:45 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-14 06:17:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42609. | H. W. Miller. 1957. Petalodus jewetti, a new species of fossil bradyodont fish from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 60:82-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |