Abandoned quarry south-southwest of Cleveland (Oread Fm., Pawnee Co., OK) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Pawnee County, Oklahoma (36.3° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 29.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Heebner Shale Member (Oread Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 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 178: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Cymatospira sp. Knight 1942 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina sp. Knight 1933 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily