C-796.2: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lindosroemella cf. patula
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| 18 specimens | ||||||||||
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Pseudozygopleurids indet.
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| 1728 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscidae
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Lituotuba sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| 512 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscus sp.
Reuss 1862
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| 2816 specimens | ||||||||||
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Hormosinidae
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Reophax sp.
de Montfort 1808
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| 2528 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bathysiphonidae
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Bathysiphon sp.
Sars 1872
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| 1280 specimens | ||||||||||
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Endothyridae
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Endothyranella sp.
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| 3328 specimens | ||||||||||
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Earlandinitidae
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Earlandinita sp.
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| 1920 specimens | ||||||||||
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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| 4864 specimens | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata sp.
Lamarck 1801
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| fish debris: 160 specimens | ||||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Idiognathodontidae
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Streptognathodus sp.
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| 128 specimens | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| 1744 specimens | ||||||||||
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Holothuroidea
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Holothuroidea indet.
(de Blainville 1834)
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| 1426 specimens | ||||||||||
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Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
de Blainville 1830
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| and Ophiuroidea: 2130 specimens | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| 1265 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Beyrichicopida
- Youngiellidae
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Moorites sp.
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| 128 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Amphissitidae
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Amphissites sp.
Girty 1910
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| 256 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Healdiidae
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Healdia sp.
Roundy 1926
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| 384 specimens | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| encrusting: 16 specimens | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Mesolobus decipiens
(Girty 1912)
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| recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens | ||||||||||
| 289 specimens | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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| 342 specimens | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula cf. carbonaria
Shumard and Swallow 1858
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| 416 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Polidevcia bellistriata
(Stevens 1858)
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| 256 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Anthraconeilo taffiana
Girty 1912
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| 1032 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculopsis anodontoides
(Meek 1871)
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| recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides | ||||||||||
| subgenus Palaeonucula: 304 specimens | ||||||||||
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Nuculopsis wewokana
(Girty 1915)
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| subgenus Palaeonucula: 2070 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Worthenia cf. tabulata
(Conrad 1835)
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Glabrocingulum grayvillensis
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense | ||||||||||
| 3171 specimens | ||||||||||
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Trepospira depressa
(Cox 1857)
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| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
| 3040 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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| 897 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon cf. crassus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| 128 specimens | ||||||||||
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= Bellerophon wewokanus
Girty 1912
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites carbonarius
(Cox 1857)
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| 1219 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira peracuta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| 683 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Pseudorthoceras sp.
Girty 1912
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mooreoceras sp.
Miller et al. 1933
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| synonym of Pseudorthoceras | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gastrioceratidae
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Gastrioceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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| 1217 specimens | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Plagioglypta sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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| 2576 specimens | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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| spicules: 128 specimens [originally entered as "Sponge indet."] | ||||||||||
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Scyphozoa
- Conulariida
- Conulariidae
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Conularia cf. crustula
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Hughes |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 96.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° South, 32.2° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow poorly lithified calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellowsh 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 |
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: single bulk sample consisting of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock collected 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: | 8635 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski, P. Wagner | Enterer: | T. Olszewski, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-08-12 17:48:22 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |