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 (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• 60-75 ft below top of formation.
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•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
•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 | |
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
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Pseudozygopleura scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Spiroscala pagoda n. gen. n. sp.
Spiroscala pagoda n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Glyptotomaria apiarium n. gen. n. sp., "Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, Trepospira illinoisensis, Dictyotomaria "n. sp."
Glyptotomaria apiarium n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail
"Phanerotrema grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail | |
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Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
"Orestes brazoensis" = Phymatopleura brazoensis Shumard 1860 snail | |
"Macrochilina paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis
"Macrochilina paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail | |
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Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
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Euphemites blaneyanus McChesney 1859 snail | |
Pharkidonotus percarinatus, "Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
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Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail | |