TXV-113 (FS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.2° 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

• 13.0-15.25 Slump and float blocks of Jacksboro Limestone

•9.5-13.0 Grass covered shale break with rare limestone float from Jacksboro Limestone above.

•8.2-9.5 Exposed shale in pond damfill

•7.0-8.2 Grass covered, no limestone float pebbly shale.

•6.4-7.0 Covered by grass with limestone float.

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 218054: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• 8.2-9.5 Exposed shale in pond damfill, fossils include trilobites, ammonoids, and brachiopods
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
wood (5)
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931 trilobite
1 specimen
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
1 specimen
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica clam
2 specimens
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum gravillense snail
2 specimens
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
3 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
1 specimen
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira percuta snail
1 specimen
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus snail
7 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
1 specimen
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites viattus snail
1 specimen
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
1 specimen
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Retaria lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
1 specimen
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
spines (1), stems (25)
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium linosum horn coral
1 specimen
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish
1 specimen