East side of US75 (Lost Branch Fm., Tulsa Co., OK) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Tulsa County, Oklahoma (35.9° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 31.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lost Branch Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• JA: all of the Desmoinesian collections in this paper are late Desmoinesian, see title of Swade 1985 in refs

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium sp. Zavodowsky 1960
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium sp. Young 1942 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites sp. Moore 1941 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Leptozyga sp. Knight 1930 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Stegocoelia sp. Donald 1889 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Anematina sp. Knight 1933 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina sp. Knight 1933 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Mesolobus sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily