Schneider, Brownwood Spillway: Bsh 45 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Winchell Formation, SH 4/5

Where: Brown County, Texas (31.5° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 34.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Winchell Formation (Canyon Group), Missourian (305.9 - 303.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified sandstone

• Medium gray, fossiliferous in one horizon, fluvial sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. L. Schneider. 2003. Community paleoecology of the Pennsylvanian Winchell Formation, north-central Texas. [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43993: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Carl Simpson on 30.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Cyclostomata -
Cyclostomata indet. Busk 1852
Tubuliporate
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin