Road ditch west of Ramona (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Oklahoma (36.5° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 36.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Quindaro Shale Member (Wann Formation), Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

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 159: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral