Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Murray County, Oklahoma (34.4° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 33.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Boggy Formation (Deese Group), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• mostly from the Desmoinesian Deese Group; the upper conglomerate beds from the Virgilian Ada Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• single transgressive-regressive cycle, shallow-water coastal environment within the photic zone, some beds may have been deposited by mass flow processes over a steep slope triggered by storms
• mixture of bioclastic carbonate and siliciclastic components: conglomerate beds at the base and in the upper part; bivalve mudstone beds, pack- to grainstones, float- to rudstones (cephalopod coquina)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Primary reference: B. Seuss, A. Nützel, R. H. Mapes and T. E. Yancey. 2009. Facies and fauna of the Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry deposit: a review and new data on an important Palaeozoic fossil Lagerstätte with aragonite preservation. Facies 55:609-645 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91530: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.10.2009, edited by Barbara Seuss

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomic list includes taxa listed by Squires 1973, Unklesbay 1962, Webb and Sorauf 2002, Scholle and Ulmer-Scholle 2006, and Wisshak 2008
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unclassified
  -
Eohippioceras ferratum, Aurimorpha varia, Eurygonum nodosum, Scolecia filosa, Fascichnus dactylus, Fascichnus frutex, Planobola macrogota, Cavernula coccidia, Cavernula pediculata, Rhopalia catenata
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
Bradyina sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp., Palaeotextularia sp.
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina sp.
Globivalvulina sp. Schubert 1921
 Fusulinoidea -
Wedekindellina sp.
Wedekindellina sp. Dunbar and Henbest 1933
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Staffella sp.
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Beedeina sp.
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Rhodophyceae
 Archaeolithophyllales - Palaoaplysinaceae
? Palaeoaplysina sp.
  - Solenoporaceae
? Solenoporaceae indet.
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Archaeolithophyllum sp.
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Saffordotaxis sp.
Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Fenestrata - Chainodictyonidae
Rhombocladia sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp., Anthracospirifer opimus
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp.
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp.
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Marginifera sp.
Marginifera sp. Waagen 1884
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania sp.
Juresania sp. Fredericks 1928
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsidae indet.
Naticopsidae indet. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira sp.
Retispira sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalidae indet., Anomphalus sp.
Anomphalidae indet. Wenz 1938 snail
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Goniasmatidae indet., Platyzona hespera1
Goniasmatidae indet. Nützel and Bandel 2000 snail
Platyzona hespera1 Kues and Batten 2001 snail
9 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Eirlysella buckhornensis n. sp.1
Eirlysella buckhornensis n. sp.1 Karapunar and Nützel 2022 snail
holotype, 12 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Paragoniozona yanceyi n. sp.1, Paragoniozona nodolirata1, Paragoniozona paucinodosa1
Paragoniozona yanceyi n. sp.1 Karapunar and Nützel 2022 snail
holotype, 7 specimens
Paragoniozona nodolirata1 Nelson 1947 snail
33 specimens
Paragoniozona paucinodosa1 Nelson 1947 snail
45 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp.1
Euconospira sp.1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
2 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Baylea tenera n. sp.1, Baylea giffordi1
Baylea tenera n. sp.1 Karapunar and Nützel 2022 snail
holotype, c. 308 specimens
Baylea giffordi1 Worthen 1884 snail
5 specimens
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Glaphurochiton sp.
Glaphurochiton sp. Raymond 1910 chiton
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp.
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
? Michelinoceras directum
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Thoracoceras sp.
Thoracoceras sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1844
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
 Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
Gonioloboceratoides sp.
Gonioloboceratoides sp. Nassichuk 1975 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites subdiscus
 Goniatitida - Bisatoceratidae
Bisatoceras primum
Bisatoceras primum Miller and Owen 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Paralegoceras textum, Paralegoceras iowense
Paralegoceras iowense Meek and Worthen 1860 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Welleritidae
Wellerites mohri
Wellerites mohri Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae
Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense
Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Prouddenites primus
Prouddenites primus Miller 1930 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Pseudopronorites arkansasense
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sinuosum, Metacoceras cornutum
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Domatoceras williamsi
 Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae
Megaglossoceras sp.
Megaglossoceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras liratum
Liroceras liratum Girty 1912
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Meekopinna sp.
Meekopinna sp. Yancey 1978 oyster
 Pectinida - Chaenocardiidae
Chaenocardia ovata
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Buckhornia carteri n. gen. n. sp.2
Buckhornia carteri n. gen. n. sp.2 Yancey and Heaney 2000 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina lepta
Myalina lepta Newell 1942 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus immaturis
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp.
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp.
Polidevcia sp. Tschernyschev 1943 clam
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
Selachii indet.
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris megastyla
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
"Chaetetes cf. favosus" = Chaetetes milleporaceus
"Chaetetes cf. favosus" = Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
1Karapunar et al. 2022; 2Yancey and Heaney 3rd 2000