TX 7485-Young Co., Texas ( of the United States)

Where: Young County, Texas (33.1° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 32.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wayland sh Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.4 - 298.9 Ma)

• near base of Wayland sh

Environment/lithology: shale

Primary reference: W. Lee, C.O. Nickell, J.S. Williams and L.G. Henbest. 1938. Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Studies of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Rocks in North-Central Texas. The University of Texas Publication 3801:1-252 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1066: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 11.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• age assignment based on formation name
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Productida - Productellidae
"Kozlowskia ? splendens" = Productus splendens, "Retaria lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
"Kozlowskia ? splendens" = Productus splendens Norwood and Pratten 1855
originally entered as "Kozlowskia splendens?"
"Retaria lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Beecheria bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens
"Beecheria bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836