Dam spillway: Desmoinesian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
? Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
originally entered as "?Krotovia sp."
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Mesolobus sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Cymatospira sp. Knight 1942
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
originally entered as "?Nuculopsis sp."
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Rogers
Coordinates: 36.4° North, 95.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° South, 31.0° 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:79
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]