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Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone, USA

Group	Council Grove
Formation	Beattie Limestone
Member	Cottonwood Limestone
Age:	299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Asselian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	12
Number of Occurrences	23

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
USGS Loc. 13632	Nemaha County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13608	Jackson County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13537	Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13530	Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13660	Jackson County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13547	Riley County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13598	Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13677	Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13499	Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13724	Morris County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
USGS Loc. 13806	Elk County, Kansas, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone
Ophiuraster record	Osage County, Oklahoma, USA	Council Grove - Beattie Limestone - Cottonwood Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Council Grove - Beattie - Florena	296 - 290 Ma Permian	shale, siltstone, siltstone/"limestone"	196
Council Grove - Eskridge Shale	299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic	limestone, "shale"	27
Council Grove - Grenola Limestone - Burr Limestone	299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic	limestone, claystone/"limestone", claystone, "shale", "shale"/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", siltstone/"limestone"	69
Council Grove - Grenola Limestone - Neva Limestone	299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic	limestone, siltstone, "shale", claystone, "siliciclastic"	175

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Composita sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : *Composita*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Crurithyris expansa species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris : *Crurithyris expansa*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Neospirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : *Neospirifer*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Juresania sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Echinoconchidae : *Juresania*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Linoproductus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : *Linoproductus*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Neochonetes granulifer species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Neochonetes : *Neochonetes granulifer*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Fenestrata order	4	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrata	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Trepostomatida order	4	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Echinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Archaeophiomusium burrisi species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Amphilepidida : Ophiolepididae : Archaeophiomusium : *Archaeophiomusium burrisi*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Wilkingia terminale species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sanguinolitidae : Wilkingia : *Wilkingia terminale*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Fusulinidae family	5	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Fusulinidae	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic

References

Hattin D. E. (1959) An occurrence of Ophiuraster burrisi Miller, Journal of Paleontology 33 6, 1125-1128

Mudge M. R., Yochelson E. L., et al (1962) Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323, 1-213

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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