E-800.5: 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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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Pseudozygopleurids indet.
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| 928 specimens | ||||||||||
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Scolecodonts indet.
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| 256 specimens | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllum sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| 3989 specimens | ||||||||||
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Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
de Blainville 1830
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| and Ophiuroidea: 5664 specimens | ||||||||||
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Holothuroidea
- Aspidochirotida
- Holothuriidae
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Holothuria indet.
Linnaeus 1767
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| 3136 specimens | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| 1517 specimens | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| fish debris: 256 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Amphissitidae
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Amphissites sp.
Girty 1910
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| 256 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Bairdia sp.
M'Coy 1844
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| 1856 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Healdiidae
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Healdia sp.
Roundy 1926
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| 768 specimens | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Ditomopyge cf. parvulus
(Girty 1911)
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| synonym of Ditomopyge scitula | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Mesolobus decipiens
(Girty 1912)
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| recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens | ||||||||||
| 68 specimens | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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| 2613 specimens | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula cf. carbonaria
Shumard and Swallow 1858
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| 1600 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira peracuta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| 748 specimens | ||||||||||
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Girtyspira sp.
Knight 1936
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| 64 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Knightites sp.
Moore 1941
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| subgenus Cymatospira: 1 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites carbonarius
(Cox 1857)
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| 1541 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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| 1152 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Trepospira depressa
(Cox 1857)
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| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
| 4231 specimens | ||||||||||
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Glabrocingulum grayvillensis
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense | ||||||||||
| 5749 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Phymatopleura nodosus
(Girty 1912)
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| recombined as Phymatopleura nodosa | ||||||||||
| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Plagioglypta sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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| 2275 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Polidevcia bellistriata
(Stevens 1858)
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| 598 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Paleyoldia glabra
(Beede and Rogers 1898)
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Anthraconeilo taffiana
Girty 1912
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| 2991 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: 1347 specimens | ||||||||||
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Nuculopsis girtyi
Schenck 1934
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Nuculopsis wewokana
(Girty 1915)
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| subgenus Palaeonucula: 3302 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gastrioceratidae
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Gastrioceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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| 1403 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Pseudorthoceras sp.
Girty 1912
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| 264 specimens | ||||||||||
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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| 2624 specimens | ||||||||||
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Earlandinitidae
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Earlandinita sp.
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| 1792 specimens | ||||||||||
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Endothyridae
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Endothyranella sp.
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| 3328 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscidae
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Lituotuba sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| 1280 specimens | ||||||||||
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Ammodiscus sp.
Reuss 1862
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| 3840 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bathysiphonidae
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Bathysiphon sp.
Sars 1872
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| 512 specimens | ||||||||||
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Hormosinidae
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Reophax sp.
de Montfort 1808
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| 6144 specimens | ||||||||||
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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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow 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: | all 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 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: | 8645 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-08-13 15:41:01 | 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] |