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Fusulinacean biostratigraphy of the Virgilian Stage (Upper Pennsylvanian) in Kansas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

George A. Sanderson ,
George J. Verville ,
John R. Groves  and
Gregory P. Wahlman
George A. Sanderson
Affiliation:
12643 E. 26th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
George J. Verville
Affiliation:
28887 S. Lewis, Apt. 801, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
John R. Groves
Affiliation:
3Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614,
Gregory P. Wahlman
Affiliation:
4BP Amoco, P.O. Box 3092, Houston, Texas 77253,
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Fusulinacean foraminifera have been described from several localities and horizons within the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian of the North American midcontinent (Beede, 1916; Dunbar and Condra, 1927; Skinner, 1931; Newell, 1934; Newell and Keroher, 1937; Merchant and Keroher, 1939; Dunbar and Henbest, 1942; Burma, 1942; Thompson, 1954, 1957; Thompson et al., 1956; Douglass, 1962; King, 1988; Sanderson and Verville, 1988), but surprisingly, a comprehensive account of fusulinacean biostratigraphy of the stratotype of the Upper Pennsylvanian Virgilian Stage has never been published. This report summarizes fusulinacean biostratigraphic data from the Virgilian section in the stratotype region of southeastern Kansas. The publication of this dataset is particularly important because of the current efforts to standardize global Pennsylvanian chronostratigraphy (Metcalfe, 1997), and related efforts and debates concerning the definition and correlation of stages in the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian succession of North America.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , July 2001 , pp. 883 - 887
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society

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