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Brachiopoda-Inarticulata
Lingulata
Lingulide
Lingulidae
Lingula
Lingula
Phylum:
Brachiopoda-Inarticulata
Class:
Lingulata
Order:
Lingulide
Family:
Lingulidae
Genus:
Lingula
Species
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Species of
Lingula
present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent
Lingula carbonaria
Geological Range
Atokan to Virgilian; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to Ohio.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Virgilian
Deer Creek Limestone (Ozawkie Limestone Member) (KS)
Graham Formation (Gunsight Limestone Member) (TX)
Lawrence Formation (KS)
Oread Limestone (KS)
Root Shale (Friedrich Shale Member) (KS)
Scranton Shale (KS)
Stranger Formation (Vinland Shale Member) (KS)
Missourian
Dewey Formation (Quivira Shale Member) (MO)
Graford Formation (Brownwood Shale Member) (TX)
Iola Limestone (Avant Limestone Member) (OK)
Keechi Creek Formation (TX)
Stanton Limestone (Eudora Shale Member) (OK)
Stanton Limestone (Stoner Limestone Member) (KS)
Wann Formation (OK)
Desmoinesian
East Mountain Shale (TX)
Salesville Shale (TX)
Atokan
Pottsville Formation (Mercer Limestone Member) (OH)
Lingula sp.
from the Stranger Fm. of Kansas (KUMIP 73851).
Lingula sp.
from the Deer Creek Limestone of Osage County, Kansas (KUMIP 72532).