KR-538: Jeffersonian, Oklahoma
collected by J. D. Loch
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Kiowa |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 98.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.6° South, 84.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Early/Lower Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Jeffersonian | Trilobite zone: | Benthamaspis rhochmotis |
| Age range of interval: | 485.40000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kindblade | ||
| Local section: | Kindblade Ranch | Local bed: | 538 ft |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | intraclastic lithified wackestone |
| Lithology description: Within unit 6, described as "Uncommon oolitic wackestone with laminated lime mudstone and intraclastic wackestone. Thin- to medium-bedded. Poorly fossiliferous." | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: See also Toomey and Nitecki 1979. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | J. D. Loch |
Metadata
| Database number: | 106929 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-03-30 08:25:35 | Last modified: | 2011-03-29 16:25:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-30 08:25:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35642. | J. D. Loch. 2007. Trilobite biostratigraphy and correlation of the Kindblade Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Carter and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 149:1-154 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |