Where: Wise County County, Texas (33.2° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 33.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lake Bridgeport Member (Wolf Mountain Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Lake Bridgeport Shale Member of the Wolf Mountain Formation. AGE: Missourian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A 16 foot (4.9 m) thick section of the Lake Bridgeport Shale is exposed at locality 23.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular, gray shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Petty in 1970's
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A.J. Petty, Jr, XXXX. REPOSITORY: Presumably University of Texas, El Paso.
Primary reference: A. J. Petty. 1975. Biostratigraphy of the Graford Formation, Missourian, Wise County, Texas. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 159900: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Demospongiae | |
Coelocladia spinosa Girty 1908 demosponge | |
"Girtycoelia benjamini" = Colospongia benjamini
"Girtycoelia benjamini" = Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909 demosponge | |
Meandrostia tortacloaca demosponge | |
Girtycoelia typica King 1933 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
"Zaphrentis gibsoni" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis gibsoni" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
"Ditomopyge scitulis" = Ditomopyge scitula
"Ditomopyge scitulis" = Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite | |
Thecostraca | |
Trypetesa caveata Tomlinson 1963 barnacle | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, Bellerophon sp.
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
"Euphemites vittalus" = Euphemites vittatus
"Euphemites vittalus" = Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859 snail | |
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius, "Strobeus primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Strobeus primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail | |
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail | |
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, Trepospira discoidalis
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
Trepospira discoidalis Newell 1935 snail | |
"Murchisonia missouriensis" = Taosia missouriensis
"Murchisonia missouriensis" = Taosia missouriensis Girty 1915 snail | |
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite | |
Gonioloboceras welleri Smith 1903 ammonite | |
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Eridmatus texanus Meek 1871 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Delocrinus hemisphericus Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Archaeocidaris cratis sea urchin |