ammonites
Lost Branch Section maceration 3193D (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Outcrop 19 of Heckel (1991)

Where: Labette County, Kansas (37.2° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 30.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lost Branch Formation, Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1997. Palynology of the Lost Branch Formation of Kansas--new insights on the major floral transition at the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian boundary. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 98:223-246 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10780: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 24.06.2001, edited by Heather Lindon