Perry, Permian Wellington Formation, Noble County, Oklahoma (Permian of the United States)

Where: Noble County County, Oklahoma (36.0° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 26.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wellington Formation, Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray, carbonaceous shale

• The 3 inch lens of dark-gray coaly shale in the exposure contains nodules of chalcopyrite, malachite and azurite. Above the coaly shale lens is 6-foot bed of poorly indurated, gray sandstone. This, in turn, is overlain by an undetermined thickness of red, crossbedded sandstone which contains hematitic wood fragments. The base of the section is covered by talus,

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: R.W. Hedlund. 1965. Palynological Assemblage from the Permian Wellington Formation, Noble County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 25(8):206-241 [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31385: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 12.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lunulasporites vulgaris
Thymospora
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Thymospora cf. pseudothiessenii
Thymospora cf. pseudothiessenii
(Kosanke, 1950) Wilson and Venkatachala 1963
Alisporites
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Alisporites zapfei
Alisporites zapfei
(Potanie and Klaus 1954) Jizba 1962
Hamiapollenites
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Hamiapollenites saccatus
Clavatasporites irregularis
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Clavatasporites irregularis
Clavatasporites irregularis Wilson 1962
Wilson 1962
Lycopsida
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Lycospora sp.
Lycospora sp. Schopf et al. 1944
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites spp.
Punctatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
(Leiotriletes spp. of Shaffer)
Sphenopsida
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Calamospora cf. breviradiata
Potonieisporites
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Potonieisporites simplex