F-789.9: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lindostroemella cf. patula
4 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
768 specimens
informal Conodonts indet.
256 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
1 specimen
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
spicules: 32 specimens [originally entered as "Sponge indet."]
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
7968 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 13920 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
1024 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
864 specimens
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 128 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus decipiens (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
271 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
556 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites sp. Moore 1941
Cymatospira: 1 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
1861 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
514 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
2186 specimens
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
3806 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
896 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
1073 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
1669 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
2047 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 32 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
40 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 3081 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. concentrica (Conrad 1842)
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
130 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
1 specimen
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
1920 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
512 specimens
Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
512 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
1024 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
1280 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
768 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
3072 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:789.9
Stratigraphy comments: Bed Number is 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: single bulk sample cansisting of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock was 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:8641
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 13:29:06 Last modified:2006-09-01 16:15:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:39
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]