Where: Pontotoc County, Oklahoma (34.9° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 32.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wewoka Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• "both from the lower shale, 50 feet below the sandstone"
• 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 90787: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.08.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Echinocrinus aff. cratis" = Archaeocidaris
"Echinocrinus aff. cratis" = Archaeocidaris sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea "stems group A" Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon wewokanus Girty 1912 snail | |
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
"Sphaerodoma primigenia" = Strobeus primogenius
"Sphaerodoma primigenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail | |
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, "Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Worthenia tabulata, "Orestes nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
"Orestes nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa Girty 1912 snail | |
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
Meekospira choctawensis Girty 1912 snail |