Locality 23 [Lake Bridgeport Shale] (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• LITHOLOGY: The fissile shales are highly fossiliferous and contain iron claystone nodules that are moderate reddish orange.

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marine invertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Coelocladia spinosa Girty 1908 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Girtycoelia benjamini" = Colospongia benjamini
"Girtycoelia benjamini" = Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909 demosponge
 Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae
 Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
Girtycoelia typica King 1933 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis gibsoni" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis gibsoni" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Ditomopyge scitulis" = Ditomopyge scitula
"Ditomopyge scitulis" = Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite
Thecostraca
 Lithoglyptida - Trypetesidae
Trypetesa caveata Tomlinson 1963 barnacle
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, Bellerophon sp.
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemites vittalus" = Euphemites vittatus
"Euphemites vittalus" = Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius, "Strobeus primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Strobeus primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
Trepospira discoidalis Newell 1935 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
"Murchisonia missouriensis" = Taosia missouriensis
"Murchisonia missouriensis" = Taosia missouriensis Girty 1915 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
Gonioloboceras welleri Smith 1903 ammonite
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin