E-793.0: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Glabovalvulina sp.
128 specimens
Lindostroemella cf. patula
3 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
688 specimens
Scolecodonts indet.
256 specimens
Hindeodellids indet.
128 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
2176 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
6784 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
496 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
2432 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
1824 specimens
Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
5856 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
1536 specimens
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
1152 specimens
Conodonta
Conodonta indet.
128 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Gnathodus sp.
32 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
1684 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
1408 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 1744 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
1202 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
384 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926
160 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus euampygus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
323 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
2055 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
640 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
601 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
2295 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 1319 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
19 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 1439 specimens
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
4108 specimens
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
3017 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
418 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
1061 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
676 specimens
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936
32 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
20 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
838 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
2233 specimens
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
spicules: 32 specimens [originally entered as "Sponge indet."]
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, 32.2° 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
Formation:Wewoka
Local section:E Local bed:793.0
Stratigraphy comments: Bed number is elevation abaove sea level
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellowish brwon, 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 of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock was collected from a layer of rock no more than 5 cm- NOTE: abundances appear to be based on inconsistent counting criteria, moved to comments fields by JA 1.9.06
Metadata
Database number:8636
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 08:42:04 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]