F-791.2: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lindostroemella cf. patula
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Knightites cf. montfortianum
Norwood and Pratten 1855
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| subgenus Cymatospira: 1 specimens | ||||||||||
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Pseudozygopleurids indet.
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| 576 specimens | ||||||||||
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informal Conodonts indet.
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| 64 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscidae
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Lituotuba sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| 896 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscus sp.
Reuss 1862
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| 9792 specimens | ||||||||||
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Tolypammina sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| 96 specimens | ||||||||||
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Hormosinidae
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Reophax sp.
de Montfort 1808
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| 2624 specimens | ||||||||||
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Endothyridae
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Endothyranella sp.
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| 2048 specimens | ||||||||||
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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| 5504 specimens | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| fish debris: 64 specimens | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| 3525 specimens | ||||||||||
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Holothuroidea
- Aspidochirotida
- Holothuriidae
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Holothuria indet.
Linnaeus 1767
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| 1664 specimens | ||||||||||
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Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
de Blainville 1830
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| and Ophiuroidea: 20864 specimens | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| 2467 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Bairdia sp.
M'Coy 1844
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| 2176 specimens | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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| 2701 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Polidevcia bellistriata
(Stevens 1858)
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| 92 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Paleyoldia glabra
(Beede and Rogers 1898)
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| 7 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Anthraconeilo taffiana
Girty 1912
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| 1598 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: 1253 specimens | ||||||||||
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Nuculopsis girtyi
Schenck 1934
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| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
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Nuculopsis wewokana
(Girty 1915)
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| subgenus Palaeonucula: 3083 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella cf. concentrica
(Conrad 1842)
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| 68 specimens | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
| 3395 specimens | ||||||||||
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Trepospira depressa
(Cox 1857)
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| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
| 1514 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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| 384 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon cf. crassus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| recombined as Waagenella crassus | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites carbonarius
(Cox 1857)
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| 546 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira peracuta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| 972 specimens | ||||||||||
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Girtyspira sp.
Knight 1936
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| 160 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Pseudorthoceras sp.
Girty 1912
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| 6 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gastrioceratidae
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Gastrioceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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| 1253 specimens | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Plagioglypta sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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| 1374 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 | ||
| *International 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: 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 consisting of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock collected from a layer of no more than 5 cm thickness- NOTE: abundances appear to be based on inconsistent counting criteria, moved to comments fields by JA 1.9.06 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8642 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-08-13 14:18:00 | 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] |