USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
Pottawatomie County, Kansas39.24361, −96.17639
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation is a fossil collection site in Pottawatomie, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Janesville Shale, dated to the Noginskian (276.8–264.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Triticites pointensis, Fusulinidae, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Fenestrata, Crurithyris expansa.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Janesville Shale
- Geologic interval
- Noginskian
- Age
- 276.8–264.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 14
Locality notes
Roadside, SE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 sec. 27, T. 9S, R. 11E; coordinates based on TRS conversion.
Fossils found here
Triticites pointensis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Schwagerinidae
Fusulinidae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fusulinidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Echinoidea
Echinoidea
Fenestrata
Stenolaemata
Crurithyris expansa
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Dictyoclostus
Strophomenata · Productidae
Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata · Paucispiniferidae
Linipalus magnispinus
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Hustedia
Rhynchonellata · Neoretziidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis
Rhynchonellata · Punctospiriferidae
Trilobita
Trilobita
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11750 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
Can you collect at USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation?
It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.
What minerals are found at USGS Loc. 13588, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.