Where: Hughes County, Oklahoma (35.0° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wewoka Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• bed number is number of feet above sea level
Environment/lithology: delta front; poorly lithified, yellow, calcareous claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
• a single bulk sample consisting of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock collected from a layer of rock 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
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8638: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 13.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lindostroemella cf. patula, Marginiferids indet., Productoids indet., "Myalinid" indet., Pseudozygopleurids indet., Scolecodonts indet.
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Cephalopoda | |
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"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides, Nuculopsis wewokana
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 nut clam subgenus Palaeonucula: 679 specimens
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"Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, "Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis
"Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail 1986 specimens
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Scaphopoda | |
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"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
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"Lophophyllum cf. profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum cf. profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral 3 specimens
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