Root Shale
57 distinct taxa, from 131 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 304–265 Mya.
Kansas · US
57 taxa · 131 fossils · 304–265 MyaFiled under the Wabaunsee Group. Members recorded: Friedrich Shale, Jim Creek Limestone, French Creek sh, French Creek Shale.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Wabaunsee Group. Macrostrat’s own record
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14 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Fusulinidae
- Crinoidea
- Neochonetes granulifer
- Trepostomata
- Bryozoa
- Myalina (Orthomyalina) subquadrata
- Amphiscapha muricata
- Aviculopecten
- Aviculopinna
- Crurithyris expansa
- Derbyia
- Derbyia crassa
- Echinoidea
- Hystriculina wabashensis
- Lophophyllidium
- Marginifera
- Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
- Chonetes
- Echinoconchus
- Enteletes hemiplicata
- Lissochonetes geronticus
- Myalina (Orthomyalina)
- Parajuresania nebrascensis
- Punctospirifer
- Punctospirifer kentuckensis
- Reticulatia huecoensis
- Septimyalina
- Trilobita
- Wellerella
- Amphiscapha
- Axophyllum
- Crurithyris
- Derbyia wabaunseensis
- Dibunophyllum
- Dictyoclostus
- Echinaria moorei
- Edmondia nebrascensis
- Fenestrata
- Girtopinna peracuta
- Glabrocingulum
The 40 most often recorded, of 57.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.