Carey black shale fauna, Carey Fm., Arbuckle Mtns. (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Murry County, Oklahoma (34.5° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 38.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Sand Branch Member (Carey Formation), Chesterian (335.5 - 323.2 Ma)
• "mid-upper Chester"
Environment/lithology: offshore; phosphatic, black shale
• "dark grey to black finely laminated to flaky non calc. shale. gypsum crystals, small phosphatic concretions, ls concretions w/fossils. shallow, restricted (abundant plant remains) BA1"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. K. Elias and G. C. Branson. 1959. Type section of the Carey Shale. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 52:1-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 584: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 19.01.1999, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "M.K. Elias and G.C. Branson, 1959. Type section of the Carey Shale. OK Geol Surv Circular 52, 24 pp. M.K. Elias, 1956. Upper Miss and lower Penn fms. of south-central OK. In: Petroleum Geol of S. OK vol.1 AAPG pp.56-134."
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"? Macrocheilus micula" = Anematina micula
"? Macrocheilus micula" = Anematina micula Girty 1909 snail originally entered as "Macrocheilus sp."
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"Aviculopecten caneyanus" = Deltopecten caneyanus
"Aviculopecten caneyanus" = Deltopecten caneyanus Girty 1909 scallop originally entered as "Aviculopecten sp."
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Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956 ammonite | |
"Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum" = Richardsonites richardsonianus
"Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum" = Richardsonites richardsonianus Girty 1909 ammonite originally entered as "Cravenoceras sp."
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"Trizonoceras lepidum" = Glyphiolobus lepidus, Trizonoceras typicale
"Trizonoceras lepidum" = Glyphiolobus lepidus Girty 1909 ammonite 2 species; originally entered as "Tritonoceras sp."
Trizonoceras typicale Girty 1909 ammonite | |
"? Cyrtorhizoceras hyattianum" = Cyrtorizoceras
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""Orthoceras" wapanuckense" = Michelinoceras wapanuckense
""Orthoceras" wapanuckense" = Michelinoceras wapanuckense Girty 1909 originally entered as "Orthoceras sp."
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| Conodontophorida | |
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"? Neoprioniodus brevifundus" = Idioprioniodus, "Neoprioniodus cf. federatus" = Idioprioniodus, "Neoprioniodus roundyi" = Idioprioniodus, "Prioniodella galea" = Prioniodina
"? Neoprioniodus brevifundus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
"Neoprioniodus cf. federatus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
"Neoprioniodus roundyi" = Idioprioniodus conodont Neoprioniodus roundyi dividen and Neoprioniodus roundyi cf. parviden
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Lonchodina regularis conodont | |
Streptognathodus primus, Gnathodus glaber, Gnathodus streptognathoides, Gnathodus (Harltonodus) multilineatus, Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) cf. inornatus, Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) miniden
Streptognathodus primus conodont
Gnathodus glaber conodont
Gnathodus streptognathoides conodont
Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) miniden conodont | |
"Solenodella multiden" = Elictognathus, "Solenodella uniden" = Elictognathus
"Solenodella multiden" = Elictognathus conodont
"Solenodella uniden" = Elictognathus conodont | |
"Hindeodella bigeniculata" = Ozarkodina, "Hindeodella longissima" = Ozarkodina, "Hindeodella mehli" = Ozarkodina, Scaliognathus sp.
"Hindeodella bigeniculata" = Ozarkodina conodont
"Hindeodella longissima" = Ozarkodina conodont
"Hindeodella mehli" = Ozarkodina conodont
Scaliognathus sp. conodont | |