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Tainoceras

Tainoceras

Species of Tainoceras present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent

Geological Range

Desmoinesian to Virgilian; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to Nebraska.

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Virgilian
Calhoun Shale (KS)
Calhoun Shale (OK)
Emporia Limestone (KS)
Graham Formation (Wayland Shale Member) (TX)
Graham Formation (Gunsight Limestone Member) (TX)
Graham Formation (Finis Shale Member) (TX)
Harpersville Formation (TX)
Howard Formation (KS)
Howard Formation (Church Limestone Member) (KS)
Kanwaka Shale (Stull Shale Member) (KS)
Oread Formation (Kereford Limestone Member) (MO)
Oread Limestone (KS)
Oread Limestone (Kereford Limestone Member) (KS)
Stranger Formation (Weston Shale Member) (KS)
Topeka Limestone (KS)
Missourian
Dennis Limestone (Winterset Limestone Member) (KS)
Drum Limestone (KS)
Drum Limestone (Corbin City Limestone Member) (KS)
Plattsburg Limestone (KS)
Plattsburg Limestone (Hickory Creek Shale Member) (KS)
Plattsburg Limestone (Merriam Limestone Member) (KS)
Plattsburg Limestone (Spring Hill Limestone Member) (KS)
Stanton Limestone (KS)
Stanton Limestone (Eudora Shale Member) (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Argentine Limestone Member) (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Farley Limestone Member) (KS)
Desmoinesian
Allegheny Formation (Putnam Hill Limestone Member) (OH)
Big Branch Formation (OK)
Mingus Shale (TX)
Unknown Stage
Coal Measures (KS)
<i>Tainoceras sp.</i> from the Oread Limestone of Douglas County, Kansas (KUMIP 38558).
Tainoceras sp. from the Oread Limestone of Douglas County, Kansas (KUMIP 38558).