National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Chickasaw National Recreation Area Paleontological Resources Inventory (Public Version) Natural Resource Report NPS/CHIC/NRR—2016/1276 ON THE COVER Echinoderm stalk and columnals collected from the Welling Formation at the “Veterans Lake” echinoderm locality. Photo taken by Roger Burkhalter at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at 2X magnification. Chickasaw National Recreation Area Paleontological Resources Inventory (Public Version) Natural Resource Report NPS/CHIC/NRR—2016/1276 Alysia S. Korn National Park Service Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Program Chickasaw National Recreation Area [email protected] Madison L. Armstrong National Park Service Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Program Chickasaw National Recreation Area [email protected] Vincent L. Santucci National Park Service Geologic Resources Division 1201 Eye Street, NW (Room 1146) Washington, D.C. 20005 [email protected] Justin Tweet Tweet Paleo-Consulting 9149 79th St. S. Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 [email protected] August 2016 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office in Fort Collins, Colorado, publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics. These reports are of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate comprehensive information and analysis about natural resources and related topics concerning lands managed by the National Park Service. 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NPS 107/133803, August 2016 ii Contents Page Figures.................................................................................................................................................. vii Tables ..................................................................................................................................................viii Appendices ..........................................................................................................................................viii Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. ix Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................. x Dedication ............................................................................................................................................. xi Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 History of CHIC ............................................................................................................................. 1 Importance of Paleontological Resources at CHIC ........................................................................ 2 Project Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 3 Geology .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Geologic History of the Arbuckle Mountains ................................................................................ 7 Rock Formations Exposed in CHIC ............................................................................................... 7 Simpson Group .......................................................................................................................... 7 Joins & Oil Creek formations .................................................................................................... 7 McLish, Tulip Creek & Bromide formations ............................................................................ 8 Viola Group ............................................................................................................................... 8 Sylvan Shale .............................................................................................................................. 9 Hunton Group ............................................................................................................................ 9 Cochrane Formation .................................................................................................................. 9 Clarita Formation..................................................................................................................... 10 Henryhouse Formation ............................................................................................................ 10 Haragan Formation .................................................................................................................. 10 Bois d’Arc Formation .............................................................................................................. 11 Woodford Shale ....................................................................................................................... 11 Sycamore Limestone ............................................................................................................... 12 Caney Shale ............................................................................................................................. 13 Deese Group ............................................................................................................................ 14 iii Contents (continued) Page Vanoss Formation .................................................................................................................... 14 Quaternary sediments .............................................................................................................. 15 Paleontological Resource Inventory .................................................................................................... 16 Fossil Protists ............................................................................................................................... 16 Kingdom Protista ..................................................................................................................... 16 Fossil Plants .................................................................................................................................. 16 Kingdom Plantae ..................................................................................................................... 16 Fossil Invertebrates ....................................................................................................................... 17 Kingdom Animalia .................................................................................................................. 17 Fossil Vertebrates ......................................................................................................................... 21 Kingdom Animalia .................................................................................................................. 21 Trace Fossils ................................................................................................................................. 21 CHIC Paleontological Resource Localities.......................................................................................... 22 Southern Boundary of CHIC ........................................................................................................ 22 CHIC PAL 001 ........................................................................................................................ 22 CHIC PAL