C-803.7: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lindostroemella cf. patula
16 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
1504 specimens
Hindeodellids indet.
384 specimens
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
spicules: 144 specimens [originally entered as "Sponge indet."]
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
10963 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 8880 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
1920 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
2517 specimens
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 128 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933
128 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus sp. Gunnell 1931
32 specimens
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
32 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910
448 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
704 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926
672 specimens
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Youngiellidae
Moorites sp.
32 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
704 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
448 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
1691 specimens
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936
160 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
2194 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
769 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
4058 specimens
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
11202 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura nodosus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Phymatopleura nodosa
2 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
784 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
860 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
19 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
7922 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 6135 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
17 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 6424 specimens
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844
832 specimens
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. concentrica (Conrad 1842)
32 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
115 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
3 specimens
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
256 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
192 specimens
Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
768 specimens
Endothyranella sp.
2112 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
112 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
5280 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
1152 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
4032 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:C Local bed:803.7
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed number is 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
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 unwethered, in situ mudrock collected from a layer of rock no thicker 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:8639
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 09:41:12 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]