Section B-1. Bed 08. East-facing escarpment, Baylor Mountains: Maysvillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Lepidocyclus sp.
Wang 1949
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Howe 1967 | ||||||
? Lepidocyclus capax
(Conrad 1842)
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Howe 1967 | ||||||
recombined as Hiscobeccus capax | |||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia prayi
Howe 1966
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Howe 1967 | ||||||
recombined as Gnamptorhynchos prayi | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Culberson |
Coordinates: | 31.2° North, 104.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 18.8° South, 78.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
Stage: | middle Late Ordovician | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4 |
Key time interval: | Maysvillian | Conodont zone: | Oulodus robustus |
Age range of interval: | 452.00000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Montoya | Formation: | Aleman | ||
Local section: | Section B-1 | Local bed: | Bed 8 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Statigraphy first described in Howe 1965. Cincinnatian. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Lithology description: Calcilutite | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with silica |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Taxonomic list comments:Cobbled from 4 taxonomic papers. |
Metadata
Database number: | 165299 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-01-17 11:52:42 | Last modified: | 2015-01-17 11:52:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-17 11:52:42 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9484. | H. J. Howe. 1965. Dalmanellidae from the Montoya Group (Ordovician) of Trans-Pecos Texas. Journal of Paleontology 39(2):235-247 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland] |
Secondary references:
3941 | H. J. Howe. 1967. Rhynchonellacea From the Montoya Group (Ordovician) of Trans-Pecos Texas. Journal of Paleontology 41(4):845-860 [S. Holland/T. Hanson] |