Also known as AMNH locality 5537
Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 3.4° S, 30.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Finis Shale Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
•17.5-19.0 Brown, powdery weathering shale on surface; no fossils, brown on fresh surface.
•16.0-17.5 Dark gray weathering shale, clayey, contains P04 nodules, dark gray on fresh surface.
•13.5-16.0 Shale weathers brown-tan and clayey, limonitic concretions and abundant limonitized, dark gray on fresh surface.
•11.0-13.5 Covered.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
Primary reference: W. Boston. 1988. The surficial geology, paleontology, and paleoecology of the Finis Shale (Pennsylvanian, Lower Virgilian) in Jack County, Texas. 293 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 217986: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
•13.5-16.0 gastropods, ammonoids
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"Marathonites ganti" = Cardiella ganti
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Glabrocingulum gravillense, "Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis
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| Strophomenata | |
"Retaria lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
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"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
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"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
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"Wewokella contorta" = Regispongia contorta
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Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish | |