Where: Texas (31.0° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 13.3° S, 40.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Barnett Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)
• Limestone ledge in top of Barnett Shale
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Plummer Collection, 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 128640: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Goniatites choctawensis" = Choctawites choctawensis
"Goniatites choctawensis" = Choctawites choctawensis Shumard 1863 ammonite |