E-827.2: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Globovalvulina sp.
512 specimens
Productoids indet.
fragments: 1664 specimens
Straparolous catilloides
subgenus Amphiscapha: 131 specimens
Knightites montfortianum Norwood and Pratten 1855
Cymatospira: 66 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
323 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
320 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
8192 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
2064 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
2560 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
5760 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
2624 specimens
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
34112 specimens
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 4160 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus sp. Gunnell 1931
512 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
4548 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
1536 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 1568 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
16869 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
64 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910
64 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
10496 specimens
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
fragments: 40 specimens
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose: 1866 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus euampygus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
217 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
1237 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina orbicularis (McChesney 1859)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
166 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
692 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 680 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
75 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 3314 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. concentrica (Conrad 1842)
141 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura nodosus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Phymatopleura nodosa
131 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
1820 specimens
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
2553 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
1926 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon cf. crassus Meek and Worthen 1860
recombined as Waagenella crassus
1671 specimens
Bellerophon pericarinatus (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Pharkidonotus percarinatus
subgenus Pharkidonotus: 1 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
521 specimens
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
1897 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
12 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
271 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
518 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:E Local bed:827.2
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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
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 - NOTE: abundances appear to be based on inconsistent counting criteria, moved to comments fields by JA 1.9.06
Metadata
Database number:8644
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 15:10:15 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]