TXV-200 (FS), section B8 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5562

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 32.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Finis Shale Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• contains coproliths

Collection methods: bulk

• samples taken vertically, every 25cm

Primary reference: J. C. Friedel. 2020. Taxonomy and Paleoecology of the Bivalves from the Finis Shale (Pennsylvanian) of Texas. University of Cologne 1-107 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225749: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 30.05.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Holothuroidea
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Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatitidae indet. Haan 1825 ammonite
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
Astartella compacta Girty 1915 clam
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia inflata Morningstar 1922 clam
Polidevcia cf. arata Hall 1852 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836