First Report of Vertebrate Fossils in the Snyderville Shale (Oread Formation; Upper Pennsylvanian), Greenwood County, Kansas

A recent serendipitous vertebrate fossil find in the Upper Pennsylvanian of Greenwood County, Kansas has yielded hundreds of disassociated bones of amphibians as well as reptiles, fish, and sharks. This is the first published report on vertebrate fossils from the Snyderville Shale, which represents...

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Published in:Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 2014-09, Vol.117 (3-4), p.193-202
Main Authors: Aber, Susan W, Peterson, Naomi, May, William J, Johnston, Paul, Aber, James S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphibians
Archeria
Bones
Carboniferous
Diasparactus
Eryops
fossil vertebrates
Fossils
Geological surveys
Geology
Kansas
Limestones
Marine
Ophiacodon
Orthacanthus
Pennsylvanian
Reptiles
Sagenodus
Shales
Sharks
Snyderville Shale
Trimerorhachis
Vertebrates
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Summary:A recent serendipitous vertebrate fossil find in the Upper Pennsylvanian of Greenwood County, Kansas has yielded hundreds of disassociated bones of amphibians as well as reptiles, fish, and sharks. This is the first published report on vertebrate fossils from the Snyderville Shale, which represents the regressive phase of a minor cyclothem in the Oread Formation. Preliminary identification suggests the presence of Archeria, Diasparactus, Eryops, Ophiacodon, Orthacanthus, Sagenodus, and Trimerorhachis. These vertebrates were land-dwelling, semi-aquatic, and aquatic and are consistent with a coastal, wetland paleoenvironment.
ISSN:0022-8443
1938-5420
DOI:10.1660/062.117.0304