USNM 3301, East (Sequoyah) Mountain: Pendleian, Arkansas
collected by M. Gordon, J.N. Payne, R.A. Lewandowski 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Hematitida
- Hematitidae
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Hematites barbarae
Flower and Gordon 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Paleoconus bakeri n. sp.
Flower and Gordon 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Muensteroceratidae
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Muensteroceras pisiforme n. sp.
Gordon 1964
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Girtyoceratidae
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Eumorphoceras milleri n. sp.
Gordon 1964
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Glaphyritidae
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Fayettevillea planorbis n. sp.
Gordon 1960
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
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Cravenoceras fayettevillae
Gordon 1964
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glaphyrites fayettevillae | ||||||||||
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Paracravenoceras ozarkense
Gordon 1960
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Prolecanitida
- Pronoritidae
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Pronorites baconi
(Miller et al. 1952)
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
| recombined as Megapronorites baconi | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Mitorthoceras crebriliratum
(Girty 1909)
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Gordon 1964 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 94.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.0° South, 33.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Pendleian | Ammonoid zone: | Eumorphoceras milleri |
| Age range of interval: | 330.90000 - 327.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fayetteville | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fayetteville Shale, roughly 75 ft below the base of the Wedington Sandstone Mbr. AGE: Pendleian, based on Eumorphoceras milleri zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | M. Gordon, J.N. Payne, R.A. Lewandowski | Collection dates: | 1953 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: M. Gordon, J.N. Payne, R.A. Lewandowski, Apr. 23, 1953. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes Cephalopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 84400 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-10-16 19:36:44 | Last modified: | 2014-07-11 14:01:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-16 19:36:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28281. | R. H. Flower and M. Gordon. 1959. More Mississippian belemnites. Journal of Paleontology 33(5):809-842 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11419 | M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/M. Clapham] |