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USGS Loc. 13793, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation

Butler County, Kansas
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS Loc. 13793, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation

USGS Loc. 13793, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation is a fossil collection site in Butler, 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 Millerella, Triticites pointensis, Ammodiscus, Bradyina, Geinitzina, Climacammina.

Geologic setting

Formation
Janesville Shale
Geologic interval
Noginskian
Age
276.8–264.9 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
11
Locality notes

Roadside ditch, SE1/4 sec. 31, T. 28S, R. 8E; coordinates based on TRS conversion; locality originally placed in Elk County, but during TRS conversion, Butler Co. location was implicated.

Fossils found here

Millerella
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Eostaffellidae
Triticites pointensis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Schwagerinidae
Ammodiscus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Ammodiscidae
Bradyina
Fusulinata · Bradyinidae
Geinitzina
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Geinitzinidae
Climacammina
Fusulinata · Palaeotextulariidae
Fusulinidae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fusulinidae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Reticulatia huecoensis
Strophomenata · Productidae
Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata · Paucispiniferidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11766 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS Loc. 13793, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation

Can you collect at USGS Loc. 13793, 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. 13793, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 30 kg stony meteorite was found at Leon in 1943, 13 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.