PBDB Collection

Wassonville Fm., southeastern Iowa (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Iowa (41.6° N, 91.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 35.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wassonville Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Laudon (1931) placed the Wassonville Member in the Hampton Formation. The Wassonville has since been given formation status, and the Hampton is o longer recognized. See Woodson, 1989, An excursion to the historic Gilmore City quarries, Geol. Soc. of Iowa Guidebook 50.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, cherty/siliceous dolomite and packstone

Primary reference: L. R. Laudon. 1931. The Stratigraphy of the Kinderhook Series of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey 35:333-452 [A. Miller/A. Webber/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3309: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 29.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• This list has been added to by Witzke et al., 1990, Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of Mississippian Strata in Keokuk and Washington Counties, southeast Iowa, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, Guidebook Series No. 10.

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unclassified
-	Archaeogastropod sp., "Taxocrinid" indet., Nuculanids indet. Archaeogastropod sp. was Pleurotomaria; PJW3 "Taxocrinid" indet. Nuculanids indet.
Crinoidea
Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae	Rhodocrinites sp. Rhodocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae	Dichocrinus sp. Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Platycrinites sp. Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae	Scytalocrinus sp. Scytalocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1880 Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae	Gilmocrinus sp. Gilmocrinus sp. Lauden 1933 Sea lily
Scaphopoda
-	Scaphopoda indet. Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
Rostroconchia
Conocardiida - Conocardiidae	Conocardium sp. Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Cephalopoda
Goniatitida - Goniatitidae	Goniatites sp. Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae	Orthoceras indianense Orthoceras indianense
Nautiloidea -	Nautiloidea indet., Gyroceras sp. Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid Gyroceras sp. de Koninck 1844 nautiloid
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Strophostylus bivolve, Platyschisma depressa Strophostylus bivolve White and Whitfield 1862 snail Platyschisma depressa Weller 1900 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Straparollus macromphalus Straparollus macromphalus Winchell 1863 snail
Euomphalina -	"Phanerotinus paradoxus" = Serpulospira paradoxus "Phanerotinus paradoxus" = Serpulospira paradoxus Winchell 1863 snail
Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae	"Holopea conica" = Anematina conica "Holopea conica" = Anematina conica Winchell 1863 snail
Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae	Aclisina sp. Aclisina sp. de Koninck 1881 snail
Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae	"Euphemus sp." = Euphemites, Warthia sp. "Euphemus sp." = Euphemites Warthin 1930 snail Warthia sp. Waagen 1880 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	Bellerophon blairi, Bucanopsis sp., "Bucanopsis perelegans" = Retispira perelegans Bellerophon blairi Miller and Gurley 1896 snail Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail "Bucanopsis perelegans" = Retispira perelegans White and Whitfield 1862 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Loxonema sp. Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	"Straparollus lens" = Angyomphalus lens "Straparollus lens" = Angyomphalus lens Hall 1860 snail
Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae	Worthenia sp. Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae	Porcellia sp. Porcellia sp. Léveillé 1835 snail
Murchisoniina -	Murchisonioidea indet. Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sacata Nuculana sacata pointed nut clam originally entered as "Leda sacata"
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Palaeoneilo barrisi Palaeoneilo barrisi clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nuculopsis sp., "Nucula iowensis" = Nuculopsis houghtoni, "Nucula glenparkensis" = Nuculopsis glenparkensis Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam "Nucula iowensis" = Nuculopsis houghtoni Stevens 1858 nut clam "Nucula glenparkensis" = Nuculopsis glenparkensis Weller 1906 nut clam
Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae	Edmondia jejunus Edmondia jejunus clam
Cardiidia - Grammysiidae	Sphenotus sp., Grammysia amygdalinus Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884 clam Grammysia amygdalinus clam
Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae	Cypricardinia sulcifera Cypricardinia sulcifera clam
Trigoniida - Schizodidae	Schizodus sedaliensis, Schizodus trigonalis Schizodus sedaliensis clam Schizodus trigonalis Sayre 1930 clam
Myalinida - Ambonychiidae	Mytilarca sp. Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Myalinida - Myalinidae	Myalina sp. Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Aviculopecten sp. Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Pernopecten cooperensis, Pernopecten sp. Pernopecten cooperensis scallop Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Leptodesma sp., "Leiopteria subovata" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster "Leiopteria subovata" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster originally entered as "Liopteria subovata"
Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae	"Cardiopsis radiata" = Cardiola lyoni "Cardiopsis radiata" = Cardiola lyoni Hall 1860 clam
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae	Rhynchopora pustulosa Rhynchopora pustulosa
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Macropotamorhynchus tuta Macropotamorhynchus tuta
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia chouteauensis, Camarotoechia tuta Camarotoechia chouteauensis Camarotoechia tuta
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Reticularia cooperensis Reticularia cooperensis Swallow 1860
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer legrandensis, Spirifer platynotus, Spirifer biplicoides, Spirifer louisianensis, Spirifer sp., Unispirifer platynotus Spirifer legrandensis Spirifer platynotus Spirifer biplicoides Spirifer louisianensis Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818 Unispirifer platynotus
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris cf. burlingtonensis, Brachythyris peculiaris Brachythyris cf. burlingtonensis originally entered as "Brachythyris cf. burlingtonensis" Brachythyris peculiaris
Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae	? Calvustrigis sp. ? Calvustrigis sp. originally entered as "Calvustrigus? sp."
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira barrisi Nucleospira barrisi
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina sp. Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Athyridida - Retziidae	Eumetria osagensis, Eumetria sp. Eumetria osagensis Eumetria sp.
Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae	Syringothyris halli Syringothyris halli
Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae	Punctospirifer sp., "Spiriferina solidirostris" = Punctospirifer solidirostris Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 "Spiriferina solidirostris" = Punctospirifer solidirostris White 1860
Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae	Spiriferina subtexta, Spiriferina sp. Spiriferina subtexta Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella sp., Rhipidomella thiemei Rhipidomella sp. Rhipidomella thiemei White 1880
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria subelliptica, Schizophoria chouteauensis Schizophoria subelliptica Schizophoria chouteauensis Weller 1914
Terebratulida - Beecheriidae	"Beecheria chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis, "Dielasma chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis "Beecheria chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis Weller 1914 "Dielasma chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis Weller 1914
Terebratulida - Cranaenidae	Cranaena occidentalis Cranaena occidentalis
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga "Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Strophomenida - Anopliidae	Caenanoplia logani Caenanoplia logani
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes multicostata, Chonetes glenparkensis, Chonetes illinoisensis, Chonetes logani Chonetes multicostata Chonetes glenparkensis Weller 1906 Chonetes illinoisensis Worthen 1860 Chonetes logani Norwood and Pratten 1855
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	Rugosochonetes multicastatus, Plicochonetes sp. Rugosochonetes multicastatus Plicochonetes sp. Paeckelmann 1930
Productida - Productellidae	Productus sp. Productus sp.
Productida - Productidae	"Productus arcuatus" = Dictyoclostus arcuatus, Piloricilla sedaliensis, Spinocarinifera arcuatus "Productus arcuatus" = Dictyoclostus arcuatus Hall 1858 Piloricilla sedaliensis Spinocarinifera arcuatus
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Ovatia laevicostata Ovatia laevicostata
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Productus ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus "Productus ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus Hall 1858
Productida - Araksalosiidae	"Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica "Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica Hall 1857
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Streptorhynchus sp. Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	Schellwienella sp., Schellwienella inflata, Schellwienella crenulicostata, Schellwienella planumbona, Schellwienella inaequalis Schellwienella sp. Schellwienella inflata White and Whitfield 1862 Schellwienella crenulicostata Weller 1914 Schellwienella planumbona Weller 1914 Schellwienella inaequalis Hall 1858
Trilobita
Proetida - Brachymetopidae	Proetides insignis Proetides insignis trilobite
Proetida - Proetidae	Proetus sp. Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Proetida - Phillipsiidae	Breviphillipsia sp. Breviphillipsia sp. Hessler 1963 trilobite
Dentalium grandaevum
- Coleolidae	"Dentalium grandaevum" = Coleolus grandaevum "Dentalium grandaevum" = Coleolus grandaevum Winchell 1863
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Zaphrentidae	"Zaphrentis cliffordana" = Zaphrenthis "Zaphrentis cliffordana" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
Trigeria
-	Trigeria sp. Trigeria sp. Bayle 1878