Brachiopods and associated fauna of Pinetop Chert, Oklahoma (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Coelospira Community of Boucot (1999)--PBDB ref. 6948.

Where: Oklahoma (34.7° N, 95.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 55.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pinetop Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Formation interpreted as Gedinnian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; chert and limestone

• From Boucot (1999)--PBDB ref. 6948: "...deeper water...quiet water...BA 5 suspected...although BA 4 cannot be ruled out..."
• "About 15 m of fossiliferous chert and limestone."

Primary reference: T. W. Amsden. 1983. Coelospira concava (Hall) from the Pinetop Chert (Early Devonian), Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1244-1260 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24795: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
? Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Ostracoda
 Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Bollia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod
 Podocopida -
 Podocopida - Thlipsuridae
 Palaeocopida - Pachydomellidae