F-782.4: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lindostroemella cf. patula
2 specimens
Marginiferids indet.
fragments: 4 specimens
Productoids indet.
fragments: 64 specimens
informal Myalinid indet.
1 specimen
Knightites cf. montfortianum Norwood and Pratten 1855
subgenus Cymatospira: 1 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
547 specimens
Scolecodonts indet.
256 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
256 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
32 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
736 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
320 specimens
Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
2688 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
768 specimens
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
3232 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
517 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
896 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 1393 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
1504 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
113 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
740 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
544 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
188 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
925 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 679 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
sungenus Palaeonucula: 960 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
1986 specimens
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
2015 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
576 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
664 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
805 specimens
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936
16 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
17 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
399 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
1633 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum cf. profundum (Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum
3 specimens
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:F Local bed:782.4
Stratigraphy comments: bed number is number of feet 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: a 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:8638
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 09:23:02 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]