Godwin Creek (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (33.6° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 29.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by W.F. Cummins, C.A. White in 1887, 1888

Primary reference: C. A. White. 1891. The Texan Permian and its Mesozoic types of fossils. United States Geological Survey Bulletin (77)1-51 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.11.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
""Bellerophon" montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus
""Bellerophon" montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia sp.
? Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
? Patella sp.
? Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis ? shumardi" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shumardi, Naticopsis remex
"Naticopsis ? shumardi" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shumardi McChesney 1859 snail
Naticopsis remex White 1876 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
? Yoldia subscitula
? Yoldia subscitula Meek and Hayden 1858 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia" longa
"Gervillia" longa Geinitz 1867 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina permiana, "Myalina aviculoides" = Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides, "Myalina perattenuata" = Septimyalina perattenuata
Myalina permiana Shumard 1860 clam
"Myalina aviculoides" = Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
"Myalina perattenuata" = Septimyalina perattenuata Meek and Hayden 1858 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sedgwickia topekaensis
Sedgwickia topekaensis Shumard 1860 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"? Pleurophorus sp." = Permophorus, ""Clidophorus" occidentalis" = Pleurophorus occidentalis
"? Pleurophorus sp." = Permophorus Chavan 1954 clam
""Clidophorus" occidentalis" = Pleurophorus occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras globulare
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
? Syringopora sp.
? Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral