Road metal quarry west of Sand Springs (Cherryvale Fm., Tulsa Co., OK) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Tulsa County, Oklahoma (36.1° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 30.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: New Harmony Shale Member (Cherryvale Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• "New Harmony Shale" of A.P. Bennison, probably equiv. to lower Wea Shale

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847