South Bank of Rock Creek (Fort Scott Fm., Okmulgee Co., OK): Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Okmulgee
Coordinates: 35.8° North, 95.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.6° South, 31.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval: Desmoinesian
Age range of interval: 312.7 - 305.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Scott Limestone Member:Little Osage Shale
Stratigraphy comments: JA: all of the Desmoinesian collections in this paper are late Desmoinesian, see title of Swade 1985 in refs
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:78
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2006-08-07 00:47:13
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12. J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]