USGS 14376, Jasper: Pendleian, Arkansas
collected by M. Gordon, R.A. Lewandowski 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Spyroceratidae
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Euloxoceras greenei
Miller et al. 1933
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ssp. praecursor | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Girtyoceratidae
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Girtyoceras jasperense n. sp.
Gordon 1964
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recombined as Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) jasperense | ||||||||||
(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Glaphyritidae
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Cravenoceras fayettevillae
Gordon 1964
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recombined as Glaphyrites fayettevillae | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas |
Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 93.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° South, 32.7° 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: Fayetteville shale, through 25-ft thickness, base of which is estimated to be 210 feet below base of Pitkin limestone and 10-15 ft above Batesville sandstone. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | nodular,sideritic lithified "shale" |
Lithology description: Goniatites in sideritic nodules. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | M. Gordon, R.A. Lewandowski | Collection dates: | 1953 |
Metadata
Database number: | 157883 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-07-09 21:24:33 | Last modified: | 2014-07-11 14:11:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-09 21:24:33 |
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] |