USGS 3641A green, south of Morrow: Brigantian, Arkansas
collected by G.H. Girty 1904
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Patellilabia laevigata
(Girty 1910)
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Yochelson 1969 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cyrtoneritida
- Orthonychiidae
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Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressum
(Girty 1910)
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Yochelson 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Trepospira (Angyomphalus) ? discus
(Girty 1910)
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Yochelson 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Goniatitidae
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Goniatites granosus
Portlock 1843
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Liroceratidae
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Peripetoceras ozarkense n. sp.
Gordon 1964
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten morrowensis
Girty 1910
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Pojeta 1969 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 94.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.5° South, 36.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | Ammonoid zone: | Goniatites granosus |
| Age range of interval: | 336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fayetteville | Member: | Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Goniatites granosus zone; basal limestone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Wavy layer | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | G.H. Girty | Collection dates: | 1904 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76143 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-14 12:52:01 | Last modified: | 2014-07-13 19:17:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-14 12:52:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25793. | M., J.r. Gordon. 1969. Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Introduction. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606(A):1-7 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 11419 | M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/M. Clapham] | |
| 25795 | J., J.r. Pojeta. 1969. Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Pelecypods. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606(C):15-24 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 16489 | E. L. Yochelson. 1969. Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - gastropods. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606(D):25-33 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |