Jack Fork Creek, Pontotoc County (=OKC-01, R.H. Mapes) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Pontotoc County County, Oklahoma (34.7° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 38.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Delaware Creek Member (Caney Formation), Chesterian (335.5 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: B. Kröger and R. H. Mapes. 2005. Revision of some common Carboniferous genera of North American orthocerid nautiloids. Journal of Paleontology 79(5):1002-1011 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92286: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Mooreoceras crebriliratum" = Mitorthoceras perfilosum, Pseudorthoceras knoxense
"Mooreoceras crebriliratum" = Mitorthoceras perfilosum Gordon 1960
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859