Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255 Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent Darwin R. Boardman II Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078–3031 Bruce R. Wardlaw U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 20192–0002 Merlynd K. Nestell University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas 76019–0408 PART A—General Sequence Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy (including new species) of the Uppermost Carboniferous (upper Gzhelian) to Lower Permian (lower Artinskian) from the North American Midcontinent Bruce R. Wardlaw, Darwin R. Boardman II, and Merlynd K. Nestell PART B—Conodont Distribution, Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian (uppermost Wabaunsee, Admire, Council Grove, and lower Chase Groups) from the North American Midcontinent Darwin R. Boardman II, Merlynd K. Nestell, and Bruce R. Wardlaw Lawrence, Kansas 2009 Boardman et al.—Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian Midcontinent Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy i The Kansas Geological Survey does not guarantee Editor: Marla D. Adkins–Heljeson this document to be free from errors or inaccuracies Cover design: P. Acker and disclaims any responsibility or liability for in- terpretations based on data used in the production ISBN: 978-1-58806-331-3 of this document or decisions based thereon. ii Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255 Contents Part A Authors’ Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................. ix Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................1 Lithofacies ............................................................................................................................................................................................4 Facies: Offshore ...........................................................................................................................................................................4 Facies: Normal Marine, Shelf ......................................................................................................................................................6 Facies: Marginal Marine, Nearshore ............................................................................................................................................6 Facies: Terrestrial .........................................................................................................................................................................7 Biofacies ..............................................................................................................................................................................................7 Sequence Stratigraphy .........................................................................................................................................................................7 General .........................................................................................................................................................................................7 Summary of the Sequence Stratigraphic Section .........................................................................................................................9 Conodont Biostratigraphy ..................................................................................................................................................................28 Conodont Systematics (new species) .................................................................................................................................................28 Genus Streptognathodus ...........................................................................................................................................................28 Streptognathodus binodosus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ....................................................................31 Streptognathodus denticulatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .................................................................32 Streptognathodus elongianus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ...................................................................32 Streptognathodus fl orensis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .......................................................................33 Streptognathodus lineatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ........................................................................33 Streptognathodus nevaensis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .....................................................................36 Streptognathodus postconstrictus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ............................................................37 Streptognathodus postelongatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ..............................................................37 Streptognathodus robustus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .......................................................................38 Streptognathodus translinearis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ................................................................38 Streptognathodus trimilus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ........................................................................39 Acknowledgments ..............................................................................................................................................................................39 References ..........................................................................................................................................................................................39 Figures 1—Location of measured sections .....................................................................................................................................................2 2—Stratigraphic coverage of localities included in this study ..........................................................................................................3 3—Stratigraphy, sea-level curve, conodont species FAD’s and depositional sequences for the interval from the Pony Creek Shale Member of the Wood Siding Formation to the Fort Riley Limestone Member of the Barneston Limestone ...................................................................................................................................................................5 4—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Brownville Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 2, 3, 1, A20, and A26 ..............................................................................................................................................................10 5—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Falls City Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 3-4 (composite), 1, A19, A12, A16, A25, and A26 ......................................................................................................................................11 6—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Five Point Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 2, 3-4 (composite), 1, A19, A16, A25, A17, A13, and A26 .............................................................................................................................12 7—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Foraker Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 4, 5, and 6 ...................................................................................................................................................................................14 8—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Red Eagle Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities A4, 4, A23, 6, and A3 .................................................................................................................................................16 9—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Lower Grenola and Upper Grenola Composite Fourth-Order Sequences; localities 9, A23, 8, and 6 ....................................................................................................................................................18 10—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Beattie Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 9, 21, A23, and 11 ......................................................................................................................................................................19 11—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Eiss and Middleburg Composite Fourth-Order sequences; localities 12, 17, 13, 16, 15, 14, and 11 .................................................................................................................................................20 12—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Crouse Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 18, 17, 19, and 14 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