B.E.G. 42-T-18, Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, Coleman (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 99.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 30.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wildcat Creek Member (Admiral Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Wildcat Creek shale (formerly Indian Creek shale)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Paul Applin

• Repository: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.

Primary reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Shansiella tabulata" = Permoconcha tabulata1
"Shansiella tabulata" = Permoconcha tabulata1 Batten 1958 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa2 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemitopsis multinodosa4 Yochelson 1960 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) gigantea n. sp.3 Yochelson 1956 snail
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras applini n. sp. Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
"Perrinites boesei n. sp." = Properrinites boesei
"Perrinites boesei n. sp." = Properrinites boesei Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
"Paragastrioceras admiralense n. sp." = Stenolobulites admiralensis
"Paragastrioceras admiralense n. sp." = Stenolobulites admiralensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
"Metalegoceras colemanense n. sp." = Juresanites colemanensis
"Metalegoceras colemanense n. sp." = Juresanites colemanensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
"Marathonites sellardsi n. sp." = Almites sellardsi
"Marathonites sellardsi n. sp." = Almites sellardsi Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Artinskia adkinsi n. sp." = Akmilleria adkinsi
"Artinskia adkinsi n. sp." = Akmilleria adkinsi Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite