Worthenia

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Murchisoniina
Family: Lophospiridae
Genus: Worthenia

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Species of Worthenia present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent

Worthenia tabulata

Geological Range

Morrowan to Virgilian; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to Nebraska.

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Virgilian: Calhoun Shale (OK); Deer Creek Limestone (Larsh-Burroak Shale Member) (OK); Emporia Limestone (OK); Gaptank Formation (TX); Graham Formation (TX); Graham Formation (Wayland Shale Member) (TX); Graham Formation (Gunsight Limestone Member) (TX); Graham Formation (Gonzales Creek Shale Member) (TX); Graham Formation (Jacksboro Limestone Member) (TX); Graham Formation (Finis Shale Member) (TX); Lawrence Formation (OK, KS); Lawrence Formation (Robbins Shale Member) (KS); Lecompton Limestone (Beil Limestone Member) (KS); Pawhuska Formation (OK); Severy Shale (KS); Stranger Formation (KS); Stranger Formation (Iatan Limestone Member) (KS); Stranger Formation (Weston Shale Member) (KS); Thrifty Formation (Belknap Limestone) (TX)
Missourian: Barnsdall Formation (OK); Barnsdall Formation (Wildhorse Dolomite Lentil Member) (OK); Brad Formation (TX); Checkerboard Formation (KS); Coffeyville Formation (OK); Drum Limestone (KS); Francis Formation (OK); Graford Formation (TX); Graford Formation (Brownwood Shale Member) (TX); Graford Formation (Wolf Mountain Shale Member) (TX); Hogshooter Formation (OK); Iola Limestone (KS); Iola Limestone (Avant Limestone Member) (OK); Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) (OK); Keechi Creek Formation (TX); Ladore Shale (KS); Nellie Bly Formation (OK); Plattsburg Limestone (KS); Plattsburg Limestone (Hickory Creek Shale Member) (KS); Plattsburg Limestone (Merriam Limestone Member) (KS); Plattsburg Limestone (Spring Hill Limestone Member) (KS); Stanton Limestone (KS); Stanton Limestone (Eudora Shale Member) (OK, KS); Vilas Shale (OK, KS); Wyandotte Limestone (Farley Limestone Member) (KS)
Desmoinesian: Altamont Limestone (KS); Big Branch Formation (Pumpkin Creek Limestone Member) (OK); Boggy Formation (OK); Deese Formation (Arnold Limestone Member) (OK); Holdenville Shale (OK); Lenapah Limestone (OK, KS); McAlester Formation (OK); Millsap Lake Formation (TX); Millsap Lake Formation (Dickerson Member) (TX); Millsap Lake Formation (Grindstone Creek Member) (TX); Mingus Shale (TX); Salesville Shale (TX); Wewoka Formation (OK); Wetumka Formation (OK)
Atokan: Smithwick Shale (TX)
Morrowan: Marble Falls Limestone (Sloan Member) (TX)
Unknown Stage: Bourbon Formation (KS); Coal Measures (KS); Coal Measures (NE)