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Lecompton, USA

FormationLecompton
Member(s)Queen Hill Shale
Age:304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalGzhelian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Kayser Construction Co. Quarry Montgomery County, Iowa, USALecompton - Queen Hill Shale
Osage CountyOsage County, Oklahoma, USALecompton

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Lecompton - Queen Hill Shale303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
shale11

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trilobita
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Composita sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Hustedia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Neoretziidae : Hustedia303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhipidomella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Rhipidomella303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Shumardella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Petasmariidae : Shumardella303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Crurithyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhombopora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Rhabdomesidae : Rhombopora303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Crinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Tainoceras murrayi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Tainoceras : Tainoceras murrayi303.7 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudoconocardium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bransoniidae : Pseudoconocardium303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Miller A. K., Unklesbay A. G. (1942) Permian nautiloids from western United States, Journal of Paleontology 16 6, 719-738
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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