Where: Craig County, Oklahoma (37.0° N, 95.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 6.9° S, 30.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cherokee Shale Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• ls 40 feet from top
Environment/lithology: black limestone
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: J. Williams, W. G. Pierce, and W. H. Courtier. 1937. Pennsylvanian Invertebrate Faunas of Southeastern Kansas. In W. G.Pierce, W. H.Courtier (eds.), Geology and Coal Resources of the Southeastern Kansas Coal Field in Crawford, Cherokee, and Labette Counties 24:92-122 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 1040: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 10.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Mesolobus mesolobus" = Chonetes mesoloba, "Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus
"Mesolobus mesolobus" = Chonetes mesoloba Norwood and Pratten 1855
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932 | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral |