E-800.5 (Carboniferous of the United States)

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 feet above mean sea level

Environment/lithology: delta front; poorly lithified, yellow, calcareous claystone

• yellowish brown, platy to blocky, slightly calcareous claystone with yellowish brown to orange, soft ironstone nodules occurring both scattered throughout the unit and as discontinuous layers

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

• 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 8640: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 13.08.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
1 specimens
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Ditomopyge cf. parvulus" = Ditomopyge scitula
"Ditomopyge cf. parvulus" = Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite
1 specimens
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
1856 specimens
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod
768 specimens
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 ostracod
256 specimens
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
2275 specimens
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912 clam
2991 specimens
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra Beede and Rogers 1898 clam
2 specimens
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
598 specimens
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 nut clam
subgenus Palaeonucula: 1347 specimens
Nuculopsis wewoka nut clam
subgenus Palaeonucula: 3302 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
3 specimens
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936 snail
64 specimens
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
748 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
1152 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Phymatopleura nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa
"Phymatopleura nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa Girty 1912 snail
5 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, "Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
4231 specimens
"Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
5749 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
1541 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites sp. Moore 1941 snail
subgenus Cymatospira: 1 specimens
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
264 specimens
 Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
1403 specimens
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
1600 specimens
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
68 specimens
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
and Ophiuroidea: 5664 specimens
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
1517 specimens
Holothuroidea
 Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767 sea cucumber
3136 specimens
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
3989 specimens
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 256 specimens
Foraminifera
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
6144 specimens
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
1280 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
3840 specimens
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
512 specimens
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
2624 specimens
 Nodosinellacea - Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
1792 specimens
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
3328 specimens