Also known as AMNH locality 5488; Mapes Loc.: Ranger (oil lease); Bureau of Economic Geology locality 214-T- 27
Where: Jack County, Texas (33.3° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 32.4° W)
When: Finis Shale Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
•4.5-6.0 Gray shale, weathers brownish-tan, weathers shaley.
•0.5-4.5 Dark gray shale weathers tan-brown with limonitic concretions
•0.0-0.5 Black shale, sparingly fossiliferous, black platy weathers to a dark gray
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
• Linsley et al.: approx. 700 kg were collected in situ and disaggregated
Primary reference: W. Boston. 1988. The surficial geology, paleontology, and paleoecology of the Finis Shale (Pennsylvanian, Lower Virgilian) in Jack County, Texas. 293 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 217893: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•4.5-6.0 gastropods, brachiopods, corals, and crinoids, weathers shaley
•0.5-4.5 straight nautiloids, gastropods, brachiopods and ammonoids
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Ammonoidea indet., Nautiloidea indet., "Merceras" sp., Fish indet., Ammonoidea indet., Brachiopoda indet., Nautiloidea indet., Shimanskya postremus4, Eohippioceras ferratum5
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"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida Wedekind 1937 | |
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"Wewokella contorta" = Regispongia contorta
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
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Lophophyllidium linosum, "Lophophyllidium spinosum" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum
"Lophophyllidium spinosum" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Jeffords 1947 horn coral 19 specimens
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Liroceras liratum5 Girty 1912
Peripetoceras bridgeportense5 Tucker and Mapes 1978 | |
Solenochilus jackense n. sp.5
Solenochilus jackense n. sp.5 | |
Endolobus sturgeoni n. sp.5
Endolobus sturgeoni n. sp.5 | |
Metacoceras quadratum n. sp.5, Metacoceras cornutum, Tainoceras monilifer, Tainoceras sp.3, Tainoceras monilifer5
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Domatoceras tuckeri n. sp.5 | |
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"Uddenites oweni" = Uddenoceras oweni
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"Neritacea indet." = Neritoidea2
"Neritacea indet." = Neritoidea2 Rafinesque 1815 snail operculum form 1: USNM 433720-433723; form 3B: USNM 433734, 433735
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"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Bellerophon tricarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus
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"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus
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Ianthinopsis paulideformis, "Ianthinopsis brevis" = Strobeus brevis
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"Worthenia tabulata" = Worthenia tabulata, "Worthenia (Worthenia) tabulata" = Worthenia tabulata1, Phymatopleura brazoensis1
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"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, Glabrocingulum gravillense, "Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense1, Glabrocingulum welleri
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense1 Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail 4 specimens
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"Shansiella (Shansiella) carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria1 Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail 1 specimen
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"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
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"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
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