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South Mound Shale, Labette County, Kansas, USA

MemberSouth Mound Shale
Age:359 - 299 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalCarboniferous
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences19

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Stream Bank by Mound Valley Labette County, Kansas, USASouth Mound Shale

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Lost Branch307 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
shale, "limestone"905
Tacket314 - 306 Ma
Carboniferous
coal41

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hyolitha
phylum
2Animalia : Hyolitha358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Composita sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Hustedia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Neoretziidae : Hustedia358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Crurithyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Mesolobus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Mesolobus358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Rhombopora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Rhabdomesidae : Rhombopora358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Vertebrata
subphylum
2.3Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Lophophyllidium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lophophyllidiidae : Lophophyllidium358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Crinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Bivalvia
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Palaeoneilo sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Palaeoneilo358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Nuculana sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Gastropoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Cymatospira sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Euphemites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Donaldina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Streptacididae : Donaldina358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Pseudobigalea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Pseudobigaleaidae : Pseudobigalea358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Scaphopoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Malinky J. M., Heckel P. H. (1998) Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems, Palaios 13 4, 311-334 doi:10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0311:PATOFA>2.0.CO;2
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