Vinton Canyon Aptychi, E' I-10: Desmoinesian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Septomyalina sp.
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Mesolobus sp.
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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Neochonetes sp.
Muir-Wood 1962
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Strophomenata
- Productida
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Desmoinesia sp.
Hoare 1960
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer sp.
Fredericks 1919
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer sp.
North 1920
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Stenolaemata
- Fenestrata
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Fenestrata indet.
(Elias and Condra 1957)
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Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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| on egenus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblochondria sp.
Newell 1938
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella sp.
Hall 1858
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia sp.
de Koninck 1841
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Phestia sp.
Chernyshev 1951
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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Knightites sp.
Moore 1941
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites sp.
Warthin 1930
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Soleniscus sp.
Meek and Worthen 1860
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Gosseletina sp.
Fischer 1885
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Portlockiellidae
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Shansiella sp.
Yin 1932
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Paragoniozona sp.
Nelson 1947
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Gastropoda
- Orthonematidae
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Orthonema sp.
Meek and Worthen 1862
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Goniasma sp.
Tomlin 1930
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Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cuvier 1797
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Cornaptychus sp.
Trauth 1927
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Liroceratidae
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Liroceras sp.
Teichert 1940
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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? Tainoceras sp.
Hyatt 1883
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Metacoceras sp.
Hyatt 1883
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Pseudorthoceras knoxense
(McChesney 1859)
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Wewokellidae
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Regispongia sp.
Rigby 1978
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | El Paso |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 106.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.4° South, 41.0° West | ||||
| 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: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 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: | 2022-03-24 03:52:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-12-22 01:07:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |