TX 7587-Young Co., Texas (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Young County, Texas (33.0° N, 98.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Graham Formation, Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• fossiliferous zone 20 to 40 feet above Bunger ls mbr

Environment/lithology: carbonate

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 1125: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 12.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• age assignment based on formation name
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 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
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
? Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
originally entered as "Chaenomya? sp."