PBDB Collection

Carey black shale fauna, Carey Fm., Arbuckle Mtns. (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Murry County, Oklahoma (34.5° N, 97.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.8° S, 49.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Sand Branch Member (Carey Formation), Chesterian (335.4 - 323.4 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

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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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Bivalvia
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Caneyella wapanuckensis Caneyella wapanuckensis Girty 1909 oyster originally entered as "Caneyella sp."
Pectinida - Deltopectinidae	"Aviculopecten caneyanus" = Deltopecten caneyanus "Aviculopecten caneyanus" = Deltopecten caneyanus Girty 1909 scallop originally entered as "Aviculopecten sp."
Gastropoda
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	Naticopsis sp. Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail originally entered as "Naticopsis sp."
Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae	? Worthenia sp. ? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail originally entered as "? Worthenia sp."
Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae	"? Macrocheilus micula" = Anematina micula "? Macrocheilus micula" = Anematina micula Girty 1909 snail originally entered as "Macrocheilus sp."
Cephalopoda
Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae	Trizonoceras typicale, "Trizonoceras lepidum" = Glyphiolobus lepidus Trizonoceras typicale Girty 1909 ammonite "Trizonoceras lepidum" = Glyphiolobus lepidus Girty 1909 ammonite 2 species; originally entered as "Tritonoceras sp."
Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae	Eumorphoceras girtyi, Eumorphoceras bisulcatum Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956 ammonite Eumorphoceras bisulcatum Girty 1909 ammonite 2 species; originally entered as "Eumorphoceras sp."
Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae	"Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum" = Richardsonites richardsonianus "Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum" = Richardsonites richardsonianus Girty 1909 ammonite originally entered as "Cravenoceras sp."
Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae	Discitoceras gratiosum Discitoceras gratiosum originally entered as "Discitoceras sp."
Actinocerida - Carbactinoceratidae	Rayonnoceras vaughanianum Rayonnoceras vaughanianum Girty 1909 originally entered as "Rayonnoceras sp."
Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae	""Orthoceras" wapanuckense" = Michelinoceras wapanuckense ""Orthoceras" wapanuckense" = Michelinoceras wapanuckense Girty 1909 originally entered as "Orthoceras sp."
Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae	"? Cyrtorhizoceras hyattianum" = Cyrtorizoceras "? Cyrtorhizoceras hyattianum" = Cyrtorizoceras originally entered as "Cyrtorhizoceras sp."
Cyclostomata
Conodontophorida -	Geniculatus longiden Geniculatus longiden
-	Conodonta indet. Conodonta indet. Pander 1856 conodont numerous conodonts; originally entered as "Conodonta indet."
Conodonta
Prioniodontida -	"? Ligonodina truncata" = Oulodus, "Hamulosodina brevis" = Oulodus, "Hamulosodina cooperi" = Oulodus "? Ligonodina truncata" = Oulodus conodont "Hamulosodina brevis" = Oulodus conodont "Hamulosodina cooperi" = Oulodus conodont
Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae	"Prioniodella galea" = Prioniodina, "? Neoprioniodus brevifundus" = Idioprioniodus, "Neoprioniodus cf. federatus" = Idioprioniodus, "Neoprioniodus roundyi" = Idioprioniodus "Prioniodella galea" = Prioniodina conodont Prioniodella galea and Prioniodella galea uniden "? Neoprioniodus brevifundus" = Idioprioniodus conodont "Neoprioniodus cf. federatus" = Idioprioniodus conodont "Neoprioniodus roundyi" = Idioprioniodus conodont Neoprioniodus roundyi dividen and Neoprioniodus roundyi cf. parviden
Prioniodontida - Balognathidae	Lonchodina regularis Lonchodina regularis conodont
Ozarkodinida -	Scaliognathus sp., "Hindeodella bigeniculata" = Ozarkodina, "Hindeodella longissima" = Ozarkodina, "Hindeodella mehli" = Ozarkodina Scaliognathus sp. conodont "Hindeodella bigeniculata" = Ozarkodina conodont "Hindeodella longissima" = Ozarkodina conodont "Hindeodella mehli" = Ozarkodina conodont
Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae	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 (Harltonodus) multilineatus conodont Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) cf. inornatus conodont Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) miniden conodont
Ozarkodinida - Elictognathidae	"Solenodella multiden" = Elictognathus, "Solenodella uniden" = Elictognathus "Solenodella multiden" = Elictognathus conodont "Solenodella uniden" = Elictognathus conodont