TXV-104 (FS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5558 Mapes loc.: BBTXV-155

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.3° 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

• 25.5-23.5 Yellow, powdery weathering shale with calcareous concretions and gray on fresh surface.

•23.5-19.5 Gray shale, weathers tan and clayey, contains calcareous and limonitic concretions.

•19.5-14.0 Gray shale, limonitic concretions, weather tan.

•14.0-11.0 Dark gray shale with limonitic concretions, weathers tan.

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 218029: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

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Taxonomic list

• 25.5-23.5 abundant fusulinids

•23.5-19.5 crinoids, and brachiopods

•19.5-14.0 gastropods, nautiloids.

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unclassified
  -
Nautiloidea indet., Plantae indet.
Nautiloidea indet.
coiled (1), straight (1)
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
wood (1)
Foraminifera
 Fusilinida -
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida Wedekind 1937
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoida - Gonioloboceratidae
"Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus
"Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus Meek 1877 ammonite
1 specimen
 Ammonoida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras missouriense
Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite
1 specimen
 Ammonoida - Shumarditidae
Shumardites cuyleri
Shumardites cuyleri Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
1 specimen
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
3 specimens
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites percuta
Pteronites percuta oyster
2 specimens
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sinuosa
Septimyalina sinuosa Morningstar 1922 clam
19 specimens
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica
Astartella concentrica clam
5 specimens
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia stevensoni
Paleyoldia stevensoni clam
2 specimens
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis paulideformis
Ianthinopsis paulideformis snail
1 specimen
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum gravillense, "Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis
Glabrocingulum gravillense snail
6 specimens
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
2 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
3 specimens
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail
1 specimen
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira percuta
Meekospira percuta snail
2 specimens
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus snail
1 specimen
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
stem (22)
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium linosum, "Lophophyllidium spinosum" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum
Lophophyllidium linosum horn coral
2 specimens
"Lophophyllidium spinosum" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Jeffords 1947 horn coral
2 specimens