TX 7549-Stephens Co., Texas (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Stephens County, Texas (33.0° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 30.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Harpersville Formation, Virgilian to Virgilian (303.7 - 286.0 Ma)

• so-called "Waldrip limestone"

Environment/lithology: limestone

• 8 to 10 inch limestone about 8 inches above a coal

Primary reference: W. Lee, C.O. Nickell, J.S. Williams and L.G. Henbest. 1938. Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Studies of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Rocks in North-Central Texas. The University of Texas Publication 3801:1-252 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1100: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 12.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• age assignment based on formation name
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata Hall 1852
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884