Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 4 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Oklahoma (34.5° N, 95.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 33.6° W)

When: Johns Valley Formation, Early/Lower Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 29.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paleotextularia sp.
Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Scolopodus striatum n. sp., Scolopodus oklahomensis n. sp.
Scolopodus striatum n. sp. Harlton 1933 conodont
USNM 85516
Scolopodus oklahomensis n. sp. Harlton 1933 conodont
USNM 85517
  - Distacodidae
Distacodidae indet., Distacodus oklahomensis n. sp.
Distacodidae indet. Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Distacodus oklahomensis n. sp. Harlton 1933 conodont
USNM 85515
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathidae indet.
Polygnathidae indet. Bassler 1925 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Multidentodus gracilis n. sp.
Multidentodus gracilis n. sp. Harlton 1933 conodont
USNM 85526
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella oklahomensis n. sp., "Fenestella grandis n. sp." = Flexifenestella grandis
Fenestella oklahomensis n. sp. Harlton 1933
USNM 85534
"Fenestella grandis n. sp." = Flexifenestella grandis Harlton 1933
USNM 85533
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris tomlinsoni
Bythocypris tomlinsoni Harlton 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Seminolites kosomensis n. sp., Seminolites pushmatahensis n. sp., Healdia caneyensis
Seminolites kosomensis n. sp. Harlton 1933 ostracod
USNM 85561
Seminolites pushmatahensis n. sp. Harlton 1933 ostracod
USNM 85560
Healdia caneyensis Harlton 1927 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
Hyperammina johnsvalleyensis n. sp., Hyperammina rugosa, Hyperammina elongata
Hyperammina johnsvalleyensis n. sp. Harlton 1933
USNM 85503
Hyperammina rugosa Waters 1927
Hyperammina elongata Brady 1878
subspecies clavatula
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
"Ammodiscus semiconstrictus" = Cornuspira semiconstrictus
"Ammodiscus semiconstrictus" = Cornuspira semiconstrictus Waters 1927