Barnett Shale, central region (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Texas (30.3° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 45.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Barnett Shale Formation, Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)
• "Mississippian, Meramec or lower Chester"
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous limestone and shale
• "calcareous slst, sh and ls. BA2?"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. B. Plummer. 1950. The Carboniferous rocks of the Llano region of central Texas. Texas University Publication 4329:1-170 [G. Webster/G. Webster/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 568: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Bretsky and Bermingham, 1970. Ecol. of the Pz scaphopod genera Plagioglypta w/special reference to the Ord of eastern Iowa. J. Paleo. 44:908-9[??]. Plummer, 1950, p.40, loc 205-T-54. Pub Univ. Texas Bur. Econ Geol. 4329"
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Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Moorefieldella sp. Girty 1911 | |
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia Bronn 1828 oyster | |
Caneyella sp. Girty 1910 oyster | |
Deltopecten sp. Etheridge 1892 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail |