G-774.7: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
1425 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
3872 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
256 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
768 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
1152 specimens
Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
3104 specimens
Endothyra sp.
128 specimens
Fusulinidae
Fusulina sp. Schellwien 1898
48 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
896 specimens
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish: 32 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
2646 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
896 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 736 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
1879 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910
483 specimens
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928
256 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
256 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926
128 specimens
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931
fragments: 32 specimens
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose: 69 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
34 specimens
Mesolobus euampygus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
41 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
667 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
16 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
32 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
46 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
599 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 1763 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 1108 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. concentrica (Conrad 1842)
32 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
2325 specimens
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
2341 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
676 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
900 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
484 specimens
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936
96 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
19 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
259 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
1926 specimens
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia cf. crustula
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Hughes
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 96.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.0° South, 32.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
*Period:Late/Upper Carboniferous *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Desmoinesian
Key time interval:Desmoinesian
Age range of interval:312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wewoka
Local section:G Local bed:774.7
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: number refers to elevation above sea level
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow poorly lithified calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellowish brown, platy to blocky, slightly calcareous claystone with yellowish brown to orange, soft ironstone nodules occurring both scattered throughout the unit and as discontinuous layers
Environment:delta front Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:45 kg
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: bulk sample consisting approximately of 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock from a layer of rock no more than 5 cm thick- NOTE: abundances appear to be based on inconsistent counting criteria, moved to comments fields by JA 1.9.06
Metadata
Database number:8633
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-12 16:59:53 Last modified:2006-09-01 16:15:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
589. R. R. West. 1970. Marine Communities of a Portion of the Wewoka Formation (Pennsylvanian) in Hughes County, Oklahoma. 1-301 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski/M. Uhen]