Plates
Plate 1
- Surface stratigraphy of the Graneros Shale in central Kansas
- Available as an Acrobat PDF file, 9.4 MB
Explanation of Plate 2
Pelecypods from the coquinoidal limestone lens in the Callistina lamarensis Assemblage Zone at Locality 5.
A-D. Parmicorbula? hillensis Stephenson, var., all X3. A, Intenor, left valve; B, exterior, same valve; C, interior, right valve; D, exterior, same valve.
E-F. Nuculana aff. N. longifrons Stephenson, X5. E, Interior, left valve; F, exterior, same valve.
G-J. Callistina lamarensis (Shumard), all X2. G, Interior, left valve; H, exterior, same valve, hypotype, KU12104PI; I, interior, right valve; J, exterior, same valve, hypotype, KU12104P2.
Explanation of Plate 3
Mollusks and brachiopods from the Callistina lamarensis Assemblage Zone.
A. Ringicula sp., X7, from coquinoidal limestone lens at Locality 5.
B. Fustiaria (Laevidentalium) sp., X5, from coquinoidal limestone lens at Locality 5.
C, J. Discinisca sp., X 5, both from shale unit lying at base of Graneros at Locality 3.
D. Lingula cf. L. subspatulata Hall & Meek, X3, from shale unit lying at base of Graneros at Locality 13.
E. Yoldia? subacuta Stephenson, var., X3, from coquinoidal limestone lens in lower part of Graneros Shale at Locality 5.
F. Nuculana aff. N. longifrons Stephenson, X5, from coquinoidal limestone lens in lower part of Graneros at Locality 5.
G-H. Exogyra columbella Meek, from coquinoidal limestone lens in lower part of Graneros at Locality 5. G, Strongly costate left valve, X1 1/2, hypotype, KU12104P3; H, weakly costate left valve, X2, hypotype, KU12104P4.
I. Inoceramus aff. I. dunveganensis McLearn, X2, from shale unit lying at base of Graneros at Locality 3.
Explanation of Plate 4
Mollusks from the Ostrea beloiti Assemblage Zone.
A, B, D, G, I. Ostrea beloiti Logan. A, B, Interior views, right valves, both X 1 1/2, hypotypes, KU12104PS, KU12104P6; D, exterior, right valve, X 1 1/2, hypotype, KU12104P7; G, Interiors of two left valves, from skeletal limestone bed in upper part of Graneros at Locality 15, X 1, hypotype, KU1210SP1; I, interior, left valve, X 1 1/2, hypotype KU12104P6; all from skeletal limestone beds in upper part of Graneros at Locality 5.
C, E, F, H. Inoceramus rutherfordi Warren, all X2. C, H, Internal molds of right valves from weakly calcareous shale in upper part of Graneros at Locality 43, hypotypes, KU 12106P1, KU12106P2; E, internal mold, left valve, from coquinoidal limestone in upper part of Graneros at Locality 32, hypotype KU12107P1; F, internal mold, left valve, with bits of shell adhering, from concretionary skeletal limestone in upper part of Graneros at Locality 43, U.S. Geological Survey, Mesozoic Locality D4429.
J, K. Plesiacanthoceras amphibolum (Morrow), X2, from skeletal limestone in upper part of Graneros at Locality 32, hypotype, KU12107A1. J, lateral view, immature specimen with recrystallized shell; K, ventral view, same specimen.
Explanation of Plate 5
Ammonites from the Ostrea beloiti Assemblage Zone.
A-B. Borissiakoceras reesidei Morrow. A, lateral view of pyritized and calcified specimen from concretionary skeletal limestone in upper part of Graneros at Locality 43, X3, U.S. Geological Survey Mesozoic Locality D4429; B, lateral view of internal mold from concretion in bentonite marker bed at Locality 34, X3, hypotype, KU12108A1.
C-F. Plesiacanthoceras amphibolum (Morrow) from coquinoidal limestone in upper part of Graneros at Locality 32. C, E, Ventral and lateral views of portion of internal mold of mature individual, X 1/2 hypotype, KU12107A2; D, lateral view of internal mold of immature specimen showing sutures and part of shell, X 1, hypotype, KU12107A3; F, lateral view of mature specimen showing portion of shell, X1, hypotype KU12107A4.
Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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