Hill Creek locality: Desmoinesian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Spirorbis cf. carbonarius
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon cf. crassus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| recombined as Waagenella crassus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Anomphalidae
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Anomphalus cf. umbilicatus
Knight 1933
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Goniasma lasallensis
(Worthen 1890)
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| recombined as Goniasma lasallense | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Pseudorthoceras knoxense
(McChesney 1859)
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Prodentaliidae
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Dentalium (Antalis) raymondi
(Young 1942)
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| original and current combination Prodentalium raymondi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Parker |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 98.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° South, 35.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Carboniferous - Late/Upper Carboniferous | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Strawn |
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Millsap Lake | Formation: | Lazy Bend | Member: | Hill Creek |
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphy listed is probably out of date and should be looked at more closely. Specimines come from the uppermost shale of the Hill Creek in the """"scaphopod horizon"""". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Was: Giant Scaphopod fragment from the Lower Strawn (Pennsylvanian) of Texas | ||
| Database number: | 11098 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-07-13 10:28:09 | Last modified: | 2013-07-19 14:29:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-13 10:28:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4085. | D. F. Toomey. 1957. Giant Scaphopod fragment from the Lower Strawn (Pennsylvanian) of North-Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 31(2):457-461 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson] |