Wayland Shale, near Cisco TX, Ostracoda (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Eastland County, Texas (32.4° N, 98.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 35.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Wayland Shale Member (Graham Formation), Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• The Wayland Shale is the uppermost member of the Graham Formation of Cisco Group in North Central Texas.

Environment/lithology: offshore; shale

• "shale" inferred as there are no details on the lithology

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by H. N. Coryell

Primary reference: H. N. Coryell and G. D. Billings. 1932. Pennsylvanian Ostracods of the Wayland Shale of Texas. American Midland Naturalist 13(4):170-189 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210784: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 19.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The microscopic forms include Bryozoa, Foraminifera and Ostracoda in considerable abundance.
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Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
"Hollinella bassleri" = Hollinella (Hollinella) bassleri
"Hollinella bassleri" = Hollinella (Hollinella) bassleri Knight 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya clarocarinata
Kirkbya clarocarinata Knight 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites centronotus, Amphissites dattonensis
Amphissites centronotus Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
Amphissites dattonensis Harlton 1927 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Scrobiculidae
"Amphissites simplicissimus" = Roundyella simplicissima
"Amphissites simplicissimus" = Roundyella simplicissima Knight 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Youngiellidae
"Moorites minutus" = Moorites minutus, "Moorites hewetti n. gen. n. sp." = Moorites minutus, "Moorites truncatus n. sp." = Moorites minutus
"Moorites minutus" = Moorites minutus Warthin 1930 ostracod
"Moorites hewetti n. gen. n. sp." = Moorites minutus Warthin 1930 ostracod
"Moorites truncatus n. sp." = Moorites minutus Warthin 1930 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina pulchella
Cavellina pulchella Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Bairdia acetalata n. sp." = Fabalicypris acetalata, Bairdia summa n. sp., Bairdia subvexa n. sp., Bairdia moorei, Bairdia oklahomaensis
"Bairdia acetalata n. sp." = Fabalicypris acetalata Coryell and Billings 1932 ostracod
Bairdia summa n. sp. ostracod
Bairdia subvexa n. sp. ostracod
Bairdia moorei ostracod
Bairdia oklahomaensis Harlton 1927 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris scapha n. sp., Bythocypris tomlinsoni
Bythocypris scapha n. sp. ostracod
Bythocypris tomlinsoni Harlton 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
"Bythocypris centralis n. sp." = Pseudobythocypris centralis, "Bythocypris procera n. sp." = Pseudobythocypris procera
"Bythocypris centralis n. sp." = Pseudobythocypris centralis Coryell and Billings 1932 ostracod
"Bythocypris procera n. sp." = Pseudobythocypris procera Coryell and Billings 1932 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Waylandella fornicata n. gen. n. sp., Waylandella spinosa n. sp., Waylandella waylandica n. sp., Healdia absentia n. sp., Healdia miranda n. sp., Healdia quadrispinosa n. sp., Healdia alba n. sp., Healdia compressa n. sp., Healdia cincta n. sp., Healdia simplex, Healdia cuneata n. sp., Seminolites compressus, Seminolites elongatus, Seminolites truncatus
Waylandella fornicata n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Waylandella spinosa n. sp. ostracod
Waylandella waylandica n. sp. ostracod
Healdia absentia n. sp. ostracod
Healdia miranda n. sp. ostracod
Healdia quadrispinosa n. sp. ostracod
Healdia alba n. sp. ostracod
Healdia compressa n. sp. Kellett 1935 ostracod
Healdia cincta n. sp. Coryell and Billing 1932 ostracod
Healdia simplex Roundy 1926 ostracod
Healdia cuneata n. sp. Coryell and Billings 1932 ostracod