TX 7562-McColoch CO., Texas: Virgilian - Wolfcampian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ovata Mather 1915
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer triplicatus (Hall 1852)
Neospirifer kansasensis (Swallow 1866)
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale (Hall 1852)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:McColloch
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 99.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.9° South, 31.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Carboniferous - Permian Epoch: Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5 - Permian 1-2
*Period:Carboniferous
Key time interval: Virgilian - Wolfcampian
Age range of interval: 303.7 - 286.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Harpersville
Stratigraphy comments: so-called "Waldrip No.2 limestone"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:age assignment based on formation name
Metadata
Database number:1105
Authorizer:T. Olszewski, M. Patzkowsky Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-12 08:15:35 Last modified:2005-05-10 13:41:27
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34. 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]