USGS Loc 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
Jackson County, Kansas38.30972, −95.30417
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS Loc 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
USGS Loc 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation is a fossil collection site in Jackson, 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, Lophophyllidium, Crinoidea, Trepostomata, Bryozoa.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Janesville Shale
- Geologic interval
- Noginskian
- Age
- 276.8–264.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 16
Locality notes
Roadside ditch, NW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 15, T9S, R13E
Fossils found here
Triticites pointensis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Schwagerinidae
Fusulinidae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fusulinidae
Lophophyllidium
Anthozoa · Lophophyllidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Trepostomata
Stenolaemata
Bryozoa
Bryozoa
Neospirifer
Rhynchonellata · Trigonotretidae
Crurithyris
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Derbyia
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Meekella striatocostata
Strophomenata · Meekellidae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Reticulatia huecoensis
Strophomenata · Productidae
Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata · Paucispiniferidae
Linoproductus prattenianus
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Hustedia
Rhynchonellata · Neoretziidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis
Rhynchonellata · Punctospiriferidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11303 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS Loc 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation
Can you collect at USGS Loc 13641, 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 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation?
Fossil.
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