Vinton Canyon Aptychi, E' I-10: Desmoinesian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
columnals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Strophomenata - Productida
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
on egenus
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
sparse conchs
Cornaptychus sp. Trauth 1927
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
unclassified
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
? Tainoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Goniasma sp. Tomlin 1930
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:El Paso
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 106.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° South, 41.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval: Desmoinesian
Age range of interval: 312.8 - 306 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Magdalena Member:Bishop Cap
Stratigraphy comments: lower middle part of the Bishop Cap Member, Magdalena Formation (Des Moinesian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: aptychi described were found in a small abandoned clay quarry between ElFoul's sections I and II, south of the type section and approx. 50m south of the dirt road into Vinton Canyon. This quarry is the westernmost of three small quarries south of the canyon. aptychi were found in the lower middle part of the formation in a 45-cm-thick bed of argillaceous limestone. This bed, which strikes N5°W and dips 45°W, is a dense, dark-gray, fine-grained limestone that weathers light brown
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: nearshore, marine, and shallow water; low-energy environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:all
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:216619
Authorizer:B. Seuss Enterer:B. Seuss
Modifier:B. Seuss Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-12-22 01:07:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-12-22 01:07:44
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
74888. E.H. Thompson, E.L. Yochelson, and R.H. Flower. 1980. Aptychi from the Pennsylvanian of West Texas. Journal of Paleontology 54(5):903-909 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]