Carey black shale fauna, Carey Fm., Arbuckle Mtns.: Chesterian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Geniculatus longiden
Conodonta
Conodonta indet.
numerous conodonts; originally entered as "Conodonta indet."
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
? Ligonodina truncata
synonym of Oulodus
Hamulosodina brevis
synonym of Oulodus
Hamulosodina cooperi
synonym of Oulodus
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Prioniodella galea
synonym of Prioniodina
Prioniodella galea and Prioniodella galea uniden
? Neoprioniodus brevifundus
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus cf. federatus
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus roundyi
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus roundyi dividen and Neoprioniodus roundyi cf. parviden
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Lonchodina regularis
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Elictognathidae
Solenodella multiden
synonym of Elictognathus
Solenodella uniden
synonym of Elictognathus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Hindeodella bigeniculata
synonym of Ozarkodina
Hindeodella longissima
synonym of Ozarkodina
Hindeodella mehli
synonym of Ozarkodina
Scaliognathus sp.
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Gnathodus glaber
Gnathodus streptognathoides
Gnathodus (Harltonodus) multilineatus
Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) cf. inornatus
Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) miniden
Streptognathodus primus
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum (Girty 1909)
recombined as Richardsonites richardsonianus
originally entered as "Cravenoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Trizonoceras typicale Girty 1909
Trizonoceras lepidum Girty 1909
recombined as Glyphiolobus lepidus
2 species; originally entered as "Tritonoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Eumorphoceras bisulcatum Girty 1909
2 species; originally entered as "Eumorphoceras sp."
Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Discitoceras gratiosum
originally entered as "Discitoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
? Cyrtorhizoceras hyattianum
original and current combination Cyrtorizoceras
originally entered as "Cyrtorhizoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Orthoceras" wapanuckense Girty 1909
recombined as Michelinoceras wapanuckense
originally entered as "Orthoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Carbactinoceratidae
Rayonnoceras vaughanianum (Girty 1909)
originally entered as "Rayonnoceras sp."
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
originally entered as "? Worthenia sp."
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
? Macrocheilus micula Girty 1909
recombined as Anematina micula
originally entered as "Macrocheilus sp."
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
originally entered as "Naticopsis sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Aviculopecten caneyanus (Girty 1909)
original and current combination Deltopecten caneyanus
originally entered as "Aviculopecten sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caneyella wapanuckensis Girty 1909
originally entered as "Caneyella sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Murry
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 97.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.8° South, 38.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2-3
*Local age/stage:Chester
Key time interval:Chesterian
Age range of interval:335.80000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Carey Member:Sand Branch
Stratigraphy comments: "mid-upper Chester"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic,black "shale"
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "dark grey to black finely laminated to flaky non calc. shale. gypsum crystals, small phosphatic concretions, ls concretions w/fossils. shallow, restricted (abundant plant remains) BA1"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"M.K. Elias and G.C. Branson, 1959. Type section of the Carey Shale. OK Geol Surv Circular 52, 24 pp. M.K. Elias, 1956. Upper Miss and lower Penn fms. of south-central OK. In: Petroleum Geol of S. OK vol.1 AAPG pp.56-134."
Metadata
Database number:584
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-01-19 16:33:52 Last modified:2017-02-01 19:36:48
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-19 16:33:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61510. M. K. Elias and G. C. Branson. 1959. Type section of the Carey Shale. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 52:1-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Novack-Gottshall]