USGS 15073, east of Elkins: Pendleian, Arkansas
collected by M. Gordon, R. Kopf 1954

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Reticycloceras croneisi Gordon 1960
Euloxoceras greenei Miller et al. 1933
ssp. praecursor
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Eumorphoceras milleri Gordon 1964
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Muensteroceras (Cluthoceras) glicki Gordon 1964
recombined as Cluthoceras glicki
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arkansas
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 94.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° South, 33.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Late/Upper Mississippian
Stage:Serpukhovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Pendleian Ammonoid zone: Eumorphoceras milleri
Age range of interval:326.40000 - 318.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fayetteville
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part, 5-15 ft below base of Pitkin
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:M. Gordon, R. Kopf Collection dates:1954
Metadata
Database number:157688
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-06-30 20:52:12 Last modified:2014-07-11 14:07:31
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-30 20:52:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11419. M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/M. Clapham]