Also known as AMNH locality 5527
Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° 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
•5.5-7.0 Powder weathering shale, weathers tan with some calcareous concretions.
•2.5-5.5 Sandy shale, limonitic concretions, weathers tan and clayey.
•2.0-2.5 Shale, limonitic concretions, brown on fresh surface, weathers brown and clayey.
•1.5-2.0 Shale with limonitic concretions, very dark gray on fresh surface, non-fossiliferous, weathers gray and clayey.
•1.0-1.5 Shale with limonitic concretions, non-fossiliferous, weathers sandy, brown.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
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 217944: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•2.0-2.5 gastropods, bivalves
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"Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus
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"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis, Glabrocingulum gravillense
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"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
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