Flowerpot Formation Mangum Oklahoma (Permian of the United States)

Where: Greer County, Oklahoma (34.9° N, 99.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 8.7° N, 25.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flowerpot Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green shale

• The Flowerpot Shale is an important Permian formation in the El Reno Group of the Guadalupian Series. It has an areal distrubution from south-central Kansas, southwest through Oklahoma into northern Texas. The Flowerpot Shale is a marine deposit as indicated by its lithology and by the presence of the marine and brackish-water hystrichosphaerid and scolerodont microfossils.
• Shale, olive-gray, fissile.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: L. R. Wilson. 1962. Permian plant microfossils from the Flowerpot Formation, Greer County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey 49 [C. Looy/C. Looy/C. Looy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23699: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 19.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Calamaspora cf. breviradiata, Calamaspora sp., Anguisporites intonsus n. sp., Anguisporites contortus n. sp., Lunulasporites vulgaris n. gen. n. sp., Hoffmeisterites microdens n. gen. n. sp., Fastigatisporites physema n. sp., Mucrosaccus alatus n. sp., Clavasporites irregularis n. gen. n. sp., Schopfipollenites signatus n. sp., "hystrichosphaerid" spp., scolerodont spp.
Calamaspora sp.
Wilson and Bentall 1944
Anguisporites intonsus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Anguisporites contortus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Lunulasporites vulgaris n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Hoffmeisterites microdens n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Fastigatisporites physema n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Mucrosaccus alatus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Clavasporites irregularis n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Schopfipollenites signatus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
"hystrichosphaerid" spp.
see Wilson 1960
Tririctus reticulatus
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Tririctus reticulatus n. gen. n. sp.
Tririctus reticulatus n. gen. n. sp. Wilson 1962
Wilson 1962
Lueckisporites
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Lueckisporites virkkiae
Lueckisporites virkkiae
Potonie and Klaus 1954
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites corrugatus n. sp.
Ephedripites corrugatus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ? vulgaris
Laevigatosporites ? vulgaris Ibrahim 1933
Kosanke 1950
Trochosporites
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Trochosporites reniformis n. gen. n. sp.
Trochosporites reniformis n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus papilionis
Platysaccus papilionis podocarp
Potonie and Klaus 1954
Potonieisporites
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Potonieisporites simplex n. sp.
Potonieisporites simplex n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Zonalasporites
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Zonalasporites punctaticus n. sp.
Zonalasporites punctaticus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Crustaesporites
  -
Crustaesporites ? globulus
Alisporites
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Alisporites aequus n. sp.
Alisporites aequus n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Vittatina
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Vittatina costabilis n. sp., Vittatina sp.
Vittatina costabilis n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Vittatina sp. Wilson 1962
(Luber 1940) ex Samoilovich 1953, Wilson 1962
Vittatina lata
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Vittatina lata n. sp.
Vittatina lata n. sp. Wilson 1962
Wilson 1962
Rhizomaspora
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Rhizomaspora radiata n. gen. n. sp., Rhizomaspora divaricata n. sp., Rhizomaspora lemniscata n. sp.
Rhizomaspora radiata n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Rhizomaspora divaricata n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Rhizomaspora lemniscata n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Strotersporites
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Strotersporites communis n. gen. n. sp.
Strotersporites communis n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Hamiapollenites
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Hamiapollenites saccatus n. gen. n. sp.
Hamiapollenites saccatus n. gen. n. sp.
Wilson 1962
Nuskoisporites
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Nuskoisporites renulatus n. sp.
Nuskoisporites renulatus n. sp.
Wilson 1962