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Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopectinella
Pterinopectinella
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pterioida
Family:
Pterinopectinidae
Genus:
Pterinopectinella
Species
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Species of
Pterinopectinella
present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent
Pterinopectinella welleri
Geological Range
Missourian to Virgilian; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Kansas to Missouri.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Virgilian
Oread Limestone (Plattsmouth Limestone Member) (KS)
Missourian
Cherryvale Shale (Westerville Limestone Member) (KS)
Stanton Limestone (Captain Creek Limestone Member) (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Argentine Limestone Member) (MO)
Unknown Stage
Coal Measures (MO)
Pterinopectinella welleri
from the Cherryvale Shale of Wyandotte County, Kansas (KUMIP 60656).
