1/4 mi. W of Highway 77, Arbuckle Mountains [Oil Creek Fm]: Whiterockian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Eridoconchidae
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Murray
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 97.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° South, 119.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-4
Key time interval: Whiterockian
Age range of interval: 471.3 - 457.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Simpson Formation:Oil Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Oil Creek Fm of the Simpson Group, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Ordovician in text; placed in Whiterockian following other entered collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown positions within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of previous entered collections.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Not stated.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ostracoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and specie-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:162342
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-22 22:21:54 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-22 22:21:54
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

52873. R. S. Bassler and B. Kellett. 1934. Bibliographic Index of Paleozoic Ostracoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (1)1-500 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]