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 - Ozarkodinida - Elictognathidae
Solenodella multiden
synonym of Elictognathus
Solenodella uniden
synonym of Elictognathus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Gnathodus glaber
Gnathodus streptognathoides
Gnathodus (Harltonodus) multilineatus
Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) cf. inornatus
Gnathodus (Spathognathodus) miniden
Streptognathodus primus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Scaliognathus sp.
Hindeodella bigeniculata
synonym of Ozarkodina
Hindeodella longissima
synonym of Ozarkodina
Hindeodella mehli
synonym of Ozarkodina
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Lonchodina regularis
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
? Neoprioniodus brevifundus
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus cf. federatus
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus roundyi
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus roundyi dividen and Neoprioniodus roundyi cf. parviden
Prioniodella galea
synonym of Prioniodina
Prioniodella galea and Prioniodella galea uniden
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
? Ligonodina truncata
synonym of Oulodus
Hamulosodina brevis
synonym of Oulodus
Hamulosodina cooperi
synonym of Oulodus
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
originally entered as "? Worthenia sp."
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
originally entered as "Naticopsis sp."
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
? Macrocheilus micula Girty 1909
recombined as Anematina micula
originally entered as "Macrocheilus sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caneyella wapanuckensis Girty 1909
originally entered as "Caneyella sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Aviculopecten caneyanus (Girty 1909)
original and current combination Deltopecten caneyanus
originally entered as "Aviculopecten sp."
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Discitoceras gratiosum
originally entered as "Discitoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Trizonoceras lepidum Girty 1909
recombined as Glyphiolobus lepidus
2 species; originally entered as "Tritonoceras sp."
Trizonoceras typicale Girty 1909
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956
Eumorphoceras bisulcatum Girty 1909
2 species; originally entered as "Eumorphoceras sp."
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Cravenoceras (Richardsonites) richardsonianum (Girty 1909)
recombined as Richardsonites richardsonianus
originally entered as "Cravenoceras 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."
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]