E-826.0 (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 refers to feet above sea level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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,

• single bulk sample consisting of approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of unweathered, in situ mudrock collected from a layer 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 8643: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 13.08.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Trilobite indet.
fragments: 1652 specimens
Hindeodellids indet.
1536 specimens
Globovalvulina sp.
128 specimens
"Marginiferid" indet.
fragment: 1 specimens
Productoids indet.
832 specimens
Straparolous catiloides
subgenus Amphiscapha: 69 specimens
Pseudozygopleurids indet.
6727 specimens
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum cf. profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum cf. profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
12 specimens
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
12544 specimens
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod
6912 specimens
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
512 specimens
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 ostracod
4224 specimens
 Palaeocopida - Youngiellidae
Moorites sp. ostracod
512 specimens
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
2048 specimens
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
817 specimens
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912 clam
13 specimens
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra Beede and Rogers 1898 clam
2 specimens
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
48 specimens
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides, Nuculopsis wewokana
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 nut clam
subgenus Palaeonucula: 101 specimens
Nuculopsis wewokana Girty 1915 nut clam
subgenus Palaeonucula: 701 specimens
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
124 specimens
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959 clam
2 specimens
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
3557 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
1650 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, "Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
3148 specimens
"Glabrocingulum grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
2938 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
871 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon wewokanus Girty 1912 snail
582 specimens
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
32 specimens
 Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
325 specimens
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrate: 1 specimens
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose: 1044 specimens
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
? Acanthocladia sp. King 1849
1 specimens
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912
1282 specimens
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cf. crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
1 specimens
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia cf. mormoni Marcou 1858
7 specimens
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
1 specimens
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
3045 specimens
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
and Ophiuroidea: 1152 specimens
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
2510 specimens
Holothuroidea
 Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae
Holothuria indet. Linnaeus 1767 sea cucumber
7808 specimens
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
24851 specimens
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus sp. Gunnell 1931 conodont
128 specimens
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris: 128 specimens
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
1408 specimens
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
5808 specimens
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
1152 specimens
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
768 specimens
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
24576 specimens
 Nodosinellacea - Earlandinitidae
Earlandinita sp.
5632 specimens
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.
10272 specimens