Loc. 181-T-43 (Q-5) ¼ to ½ mile west and north of Union Hill School (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as 5½ miles north and slightly west of Mineral Wells.

Where: Palo Pinto County, Texas (32.9° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Triticites irregularis foram zone, Keechi Creek shale Member (Mineral Wells Formation), Missourian (305.9 - 303.4 Ma)

• 60-75 ft below top of formation.

•This is Triticites irregularis 4th form (White 1932)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the AMNH, USNM

Collection methods: sieve,

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 156737: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Non-gastropods:

•Orobias ciscoensis (Harlton)

•Ammobaculites stenomeca Cushman and Waters

•Orthovertella protea Cushman and Waters

•Ammodiscus incertus (d’Orbigny)

•Calcitornella heathi Cushman and Waters

•Rectocornuspira holdenvillana Warthin

•Spiroplectammina clavata Cushman and Waters

•Cornuspira cf. C. involvens (Reuss)

•Deckerella clavata Cushman and Waters

•Tetrataxis corona Cushman and Waters

•Endothyra pauciloculata Cushman and Waters

•Trepeilopsis grandis (Cushman and Waters)

•Endothyranella stormi (Cushman and Waters)

•Glomospira duplex Cushman and Waters

•Glyphostomella triloculina (Cushman and Waters)

•Hemigordius harltoni Cushman and Waters

•Hemigordius calcareus Cushman and Waters

•Hyperammina glabra Cushman and Waters

•Fissispongia tortocloaca (R. H. King)

•Coelocladia spinosa Girty

•Wewokella solida Girty

•Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edwards and Haime)

•Lophophyllum profundum var. radicosa Girty

•Ulocrinus sp.

•Echinocrinus sp.

•Meekella striatocostata (Cox)

•Chonetina wyandottensis Newell

•Isogramma millepunctata (Meek and Worthen)

•Squamularia perplexa (McChesney)

•Marginifera lasallensis (Worthen)

•Juresania nebrascensis (Owen) and Pratten b

•Marginifera splendens (Norwood and Pratten)

•Linoproductus inornatus R. H. King, n. sp.(MS.) a

•Composita subtilita (Hall)

•Nuculopsis ventricosa (Hall)

•Schizodus sp.

•Astartella varica McChesney McChesney

•Griffithides scitulus (Meek and Worthen)

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrochilina paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis
"Macrochilina paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Orestes brazoensis" = Phymatopleura brazoensis Shumard 1860 snail
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glyptotomaria apiarium n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail
Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Dictyotomaria "n. sp." Knight 1945 snail
p. 576
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala pagoda n. gen. n. sp.
Spiroscala pagoda n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus, Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites blaneyanus McChesney 1859 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail