Oklahoma Ordovician References
(443-490 mya):

(Last updated 11 Dec 2010)



Geology and misc:
A Report on the Geological and Mineral Resources of the Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma * Chester Albert Reeds Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 3, Dec. 1910
General Stratigraphy of Hunton Group OK (pages 24-26) *    


Trilobites:

Correlation of Cambro-Ordovician Trilobites from Oklahoma * E. A. Frederickson, Jr. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2, (Mar., 1941), pp. 160-163
Simpson Group (Middle Ordovician) Trilobites of Oklahoma * Frederick C. Shaw Memoir (The Paleontological Society), Vol. 6, Supplement to Vol. 48, no. 5 of the Journal of Paleontology, (Sep., 1974), pp. 1-54
Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Ordovician Trilobite Clusters, Bromide Formation, South- Central Oklahoma * Talia Karim and Stephen R. Westrop PALAIOS, Vol. 17, No. 4, (Aug., 2002), pp. 394-402
Viola Group (Ordovician, Oklahoma) Cryptolithinid Trilobites: Biogeography and Taxonomy * Frederick C. Shaw Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 65, No. 6, (Nov., 1991), pp. 919-935


Crinoids:

A new camerate crinoid from the Al Rose Formation, Lower Ordovician of California Strimple, H. L. and McGinnis, M. R. Journal of Paleontology, v. 46, p.72-74, 1972.
A New Species of Archaeocrinus from Oklahoma * Harrell L. Strimple Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Jul., 1953), pp. 604-606
Hybocrinus crinerensis, new species from the Ordovician of Oklahoma Strimple, H. L. and Watkins, W. T. American Journal of Science, v. 247, p. 131-133, 1pl, 1949.
Hybocrinus crinerensis, new species from the Ordovician of Oklahoma Strimple, H. L. American Journal of Science, v. 247, p. 131-133, 1pl, 1949
Introduction to a new series of studies of Ordovician echinoderms Strimple, H. L. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, v. 82, p.124-125, 1976
Mandalacystis, a New Rhipidocystid Eocrinoid from the Whiterockian Stage (Ordovician) in Oklahoma and Nevada * Ronald D. Lewis, James Sprinkle, J. Bowman Bailey, John Moffit, Ronald L. Parsley Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 61, No. 6 (Nov., 1987), pp. 1222-1235
Three new genera. In New Ordovician echinoderms Strimple, H. L. and Watkins, W. T. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, v. 45, p.347-353, 1955
Two new crinoids from the Ordovician of Virginia and Oklahoma, with notes on pinnulation in the Disparida T. J. Frest, H. L. Strimple, and M. R. McGinnis Journal of Paleontology, Mar 1979; 53: 399-415.


Blastoids, cystoids, asteroids:

A new cystoid from the Ordovician of Oklahoma * Edwin Bayer Branson and Raymond Elliot Peck Journal of Paleontology, Mar 1940; 14: 89 - 92.
A New Ordovician Asteroid (Echinodermata) with Somasteroid-like Skeletal Elements Daniel B. Blake Journal of Paleontology, Jul 2008; 82: 645 - 656.
A RECONNAISSANCE OF SKELETAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY IN RHOMBIFERANS, DIPLOPORANS, AND PARACRINOIDS BRIAN E. BODENBENDER and ERIK J. HIEMSTRA Journal of Paleontology, Nov 2004; 78: 1154 - 1162.
New Comarocystitida (Echinodermata: Paracrinoidea) from the Silurian of Iowa and Ordovician of Oklahoma * T. J. Frest, H. L. Strimple, B. J. Witzke Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan., 1980), pp. 217-228


Brachiopods:

Upper Cambrian and Lowest Ordovician Articulate Brachiopods from the Arbuckle and Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma * Rebecca J. Freeman and James H. Stitt Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 70, No. 3, (May, 1996), pp. 355-372


Bryozoa:

Bryozoa from the Ordovician Bromide Formation, Oklahoma * Alfred R. Loeblich, Jr. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 4, (Jul., 1942), pp. 413-436

Crustaceans:

Remarkable crayfish remains (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Oklahoma -- evidence of predation: Feldmann, R.M., and May, W., Journal of Paleontology, v. 65, p. 884-886. 1991
Phyllocarid crustaceans from a Middle Ordovician black shale within the Ames Structure, northwest Oklahoma: Hannibal, J. T., and Feldmann, R. M., Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 100, p. 370-373. 1997
Phyllocarid crustaceans from the ?Oil Creek Shale (Ordovician), within the Ames structure, northwest Oklahoma: Hannibal, J.T., and Feldmann, R.M., Oklahoma Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop - Abstracts, p. 33. 1995
     

Graptolites:

Pendent Graptolites of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas * Charles E. Decker Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Jul., 1944), pp. 378-386
The Graptolites of the Viola Limestone * Rudolf Ruedemann and Charles E. Decker Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Sep., 1934), pp. 303-327