Where: Wise County, Texas (33.2° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 33.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Graford Formation (Canyon Group), Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• Demoinesian, but ammonoids suggest uppermost Desmoinesian or Kasimovian age. Lower zone of this formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Repository: Plummer Collection, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.
Primary reference: F. B. Plummer and J. Hornberger. 1935. Geology of Palo Pinto County, Texas. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 3554:1-240 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128580: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2012, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Foraminifera -
•Ammobaculites inconspicua Cushman and Waters
•Ammodiscus incertus (d'Orbigny)
•Aptetrinella grahamcnsis (Harllon)
•Calcitornella heathi Cushman and Waters
•Cornnspira cf. C. involvens (Reuss)
•Earlandia perparva Plummer
•Endothyra walersi Plummer
•Endothyra pauciloculata Cushman and Waters
•Glyphostomella triloculina (Cushman and Waters)
•Hyperammina bulbosa Cushman and Waters
•Nodosinella perelegans Plummer
•Orobias ciscoensis (Harlton)
•Orthovertella protea Cushman and Waters
•Tetrataxis corona Cushman and Waters
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•Brachiopoda—
•Orbiculoidea sp.
•Lindstroemella patula (Girty)
•Crania modesta White and St. John
•Derbya subcircularis Dunbar and Condra
•Derbya sp.
•Meekella striatocostata (Cox)
•Chonetes fragilis R. H. King, n. sp. (MS.)
•Chonetina cf. C. primitiva R. H. King, n. sp. (MS.)
•Chonetina verneuiliana (Norwood and Pratten)
•Juresania nebrascensis (Owen)
•Echinoconchus sp.
•Dictyoclostus crassicostatus Dunbar and Condra
•Marginifera lasallensis (Worthen)
•Marginifera splendens (Norwood and Pratten)
•Marginifera wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten)
•Linoproductus, n. spp. (2)
•Squamularia perplexa (McChesney)
•Neospirifer dunbari R. H. King
•Ambocoelia planoconvexa (Shumard)
•Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard)
•Hustedia mormoni (Marcou)
•Composita ovata Mather
•Composita subtilita (Hall) Pelecypoda —
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•Pelecypoda
•Nucula anodontoides Meek
•Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty
•Leda bellistriata Stevens
•Leda arata (Hall)
•Yoldia glabra Beede and Rogers
•Pinna sp.
•Pteria longa (Geinitz)
•Limopteria sp.
•Myalina swallovi McChesney
•Aviculopecten carboniferus (Stevens)
•Allorisma granosum (Shomard)
•Astartella concentrica (McChesney)
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•Trilobita—
•Griffithides ? scitulus (Meek and Worthen)
•Phillipsia sp.
Strophomenata | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Macrochilina medialis" = Ianthinopsis medialis, "Auriptygma subtilistriatum" = Leptoptygma subtilistriatum, "Macrochilina regularis" = Soleniscus regularis
"Macrochilina medialis" = Ianthinopsis medialis Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Auriptygma subtilistriatum" = Leptoptygma subtilistriatum Knight 1931 snail
"Macrochilina regularis" = Soleniscus regularis Cox 1857 snail | |
"Orestes brazoensis" = Phymatopleura brazoensis, Worthenia tabulata
"Orestes brazoensis" = Phymatopleura brazoensis Shumard 1860 snail
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail | |
Trepospira illinoisensis, Trepospira sphaerulata, "Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
Trepospira sphaerulata Conrad 1842 snail
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Cinclidonema texanum n. gen. n. sp.1
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Euomphalus sp., "Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides, "Euomphalus subquadratus" = Amphiscapha subquadrata
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
"Euomphalus subquadratus" = Amphiscapha subquadrata Meek and Worthen 1870 snail | |
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Pharkidonotus percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, "Pharkidonotus tricarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, "Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Pharkidonotus percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
"Pharkidonotus tricarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859 snail
Euphemites blaneyanus McChesney 1859 snail | |
Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930 snail | |
Meekospira ? choctawensis Girty 1912 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Prouddenites grafordensis n. sp." = Prouddenites primus2
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"Marathonites parkeri" = Subkargalites parkeri2
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"Shumardites fornicatus n. sp." = Parashumardites fornicatus2
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Gonioloboceras bridgeportense n. sp.2
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Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium obliquum" = Apotocardium obliquum
"Conocardium obliquum" = Apotocardium obliquum Meek and Worthen 1875 |