Where: Hughes County, Oklahoma (35.0° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wewoka Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• "appears to be in the middle shale of the Wewoka formation
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, blue shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with hematite, replaced with other
Collected by G. H. Girty, J. A. Taff, G. I. Adams, R. D. Mesler; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float),
• "free specimens, which have weathered out of the shales"
Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1915. The fauna of the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 544:1-353 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90783: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.08.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Meekospira choctawensis Girty 1912 snail | |
"Zygopleura rugosa" = Pseudozygopleura scitula, "Zygopleura ? multicostata" = Pseudozygopleura multicostata
"Zygopleura rugosa" = Pseudozygopleura scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Zygopleura ? multicostata" = Pseudozygopleura multicostata Meek and Worthen 1862 snail | |
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
"Bellerophon meekiana" = Retispira meekiana, "Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus, Bellerophon wewokanus, Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Bellerophon meekiana" = Retispira meekiana Shumard and Swallow 1858 snail
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Bellerophon wewokanus Girty 1912 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, "Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail | |
"Orestes nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa, Worthenia tabulata
"Orestes nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa Girty 1912 snail
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria ? carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria ? carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
"Sphaerodoma primigenia" = Strobeus primogenius, "Sphaerodoma paludiniformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis, "Sphaerodoma ventricosa" = Strobeus paludinaeformis, "Sphaerodoma intercalaris" = Strobeus intercalaris, "Sphaerodoma brevis" = Strobeus brevis
"Sphaerodoma primigenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Sphaerodoma paludiniformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
"Sphaerodoma ventricosa" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
"Sphaerodoma intercalaris" = Strobeus intercalaris Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Sphaerodoma brevis" = Strobeus brevis White 1881 snail | |
Echinoidea | |
"Echinocrinus aff. cratis" = Archaeocidaris
"Echinocrinus aff. cratis" = Archaeocidaris sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Delocrinus ? hemisphericus Sea lily
? Delocrinus sp. Miller and Gurley 1890 Sea lily | |
Hydreionocrinus patulus Sea lily |