E-835.0: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Fistuliporids indet.
12 specimens
Lindostroemella cf. patula
88 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
1344 specimens
Hindeodillids indet.
256 specimens
Steptognathodus sp.
384 specimens
Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
1296 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
15744 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
384 specimens
Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
640 specimens
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
1792 specimens
Fusulinidae
Fusulina sp. Schellwien 1898
640 specimens
Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
4736 specimens
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 256 specimens
Conodonta
Conodonta indet.
128 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus sp. Gunnell 1931
256 specimens
Gnathodus sp.
128 specimens
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
1505 specimens
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767
384 specimens
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
and Ophiuroidea: 272 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
6670 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
256 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910
256 specimens
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928
896 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
1472 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926
256 specimens
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931
fragments: 149 specimens
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
32 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella cf. flemingi Dunbar and Condra 1932
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Mesolobus euampygus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
73 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
397 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina orbicularis (McChesney 1859)
83 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
subgenus Palaeonucula: 192 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana (Girty 1915)
subgenus Palaeonucula: 320 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
341 specimens
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
642 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
448 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparolus catilloides (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Amphiscapha catilloides
subgenus Amphiscapha: 128 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox 1857)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
49 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
128 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:835.0
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed number is feet above sea level
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: platy to blocky, olive gray to faint bluish gray calcareous claystone
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 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:8648
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-13 16:55:23 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]