TXV-87 (FS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5541

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 32.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Finis Shale Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)

• surface collected but not measured.

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 217995: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish
2 specimens
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
1 specimen
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia bellistriata clam
1 specimen
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sinuosa Morningstar 1922 clam
1 specimen
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
2 specimens
Glabrocingulum gravillense snail
1 specimen
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis paulideformis snail
1 specimen
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
1 specimen
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Euloxoceras greeni Dunbar and Condra 1933
3 specimens
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
1 specimen
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Domatoceras sculptile nautiloid
3 specimens
 Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
"Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus
"Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus Meek 1877 ammonite
1 specimen