Both sides of paved road (Hertha Fm., Okfuskee Co., OK): Missourian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura sp.
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Okfuskee
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 96.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.5° South, 30.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Missourian
Age range of interval: 305.9 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hertha Member:Mound City Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:125
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2006-08-07 00:47:13
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12. J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]