Talpa New Mexico (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Taos County, New Mexico (36.4° N, 105.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 37.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flechado Formation, Kashirian to Kashirian (313.8 - 307.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified, gray shale and lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

• ...highly fossiliferous, nearshore-marine, dominantly dark-gray shale-siltstone facies....Several relatively thin conglomeratic to medium-grained, locally trough crossbedded sandstone units seperated by thicker dark-gray shales and siltstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: no collection information given

Primary reference: B. S. Kues. 1984. Pennsylvanian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Taos area, north-central New Mexico. Rio Grande Rift: Northern New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 35:107-114 [N. Heim/N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46548: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 19.01.2005, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia (? Murchisonia) sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Murchisonia (? Donaldospira) sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Murchisonia ? ()
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Oncochilus vaningeni" = Cylindritopsis vaningeni Knight 1931 snail
Strobeus immanis Kues and Batten 2001 snail
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
Strobeus poromus Kues 1990 snail
"Strobeus regularis" = Soleniscus regularis Cox 1857 snail
Leptoptygma sp. Knight 1936 snail
Leptoptygma subtilistriatum Knight 1931 snail
Leptoptygma virgatum Knight 1931 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) sp." = Ananias, cf. Shwedagonia sp., Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) spp., "Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, Trepospira (Trepospira) illinoisensis, "Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) "n. sp."" = Dictyotomaria, "Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) quadrilineata" = Dictyotomaria quadrilineata, "Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) aff. scitula" = Dictyotomaria scitula, "Gosseletina spironema" = Globodoma spironema, "Gosseletina cf. spironema" = Globodoma spironema
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) sp." = Ananias Knight 1945 snail
cf. Shwedagonia sp. Batten 1956 snail
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) "n. sp."" = Dictyotomaria Knight 1945 snail
"Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) quadrilineata" = Dictyotomaria quadrilineata Girty 1934 snail
"Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) aff. scitula" = Dictyotomaria scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Gosseletina spironema" = Globodoma spironema Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
"Gosseletina cf. spironema" = Globodoma spironema Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Shansiella beckwithana McChesney 1859 snail
Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala "n. sp." Knight 1945 snail
Euconospira "n. sp." Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Euconospira aff. turbiniformis Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Porcellia sp. Léveillé 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Paragoniozona multilirata Nelson 1947 snail
Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Phymatopleura nodosus" = Phymatopleura nodosa Girty 1912 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
? Goniasma sp. Tomlin 1930 snail
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail
Platyzona hespera Kues and Batten 2001 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema "n. spp.", Orthonema cf. salteri, Orthonema inornatum, "Stegocoelia (Taosia) spp." = Taosia, "Stegocoelia (Taosia) copei" = Taosia copei, "Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) aff. wortheni" = Taosia wortheni
Orthonema "n. spp." Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
Orthonema cf. salteri Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Orthonema inornatum Knight 1934 snail
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) spp." = Taosia Girty 1939 snail
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) copei" = Taosia copei White 1881 snail
"Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) aff. wortheni" = Taosia wortheni Knight 1942 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) cf. percostata" = Hypergonia percostata
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) cf. percostata" = Hypergonia percostata Girty 1939 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936 snail
Ceraunocochlis fulminula Knight 1931 snail
 Cerithioidea - Acanthonematidae
? Callispira sp. Nelson 1947 snail
Callispira quinquecostata Nelson 1947 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Streptacis cerithiformis" = Microptychis cerithiformis Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Plocezyga (Plocezyga) cf. corona" = Plocezyga corona Knight 1930 snail
Plocezyga (Plocezyga) spp. Knight 1930 snail
"? Plocezyga (Gamizyga) illineata" = Hemizyga illineata Knight 1930 snail
Stephanozyga "n. sp.?" Knight 1930 snail
Stephanozyga subnodosa Knight 1930 snail
 Trochoidea - Eucochlidae
Eucochlis perminuta Knight 1933 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Trachydomia nodosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) parvum" = Orthonychia parva
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) parvum" = Orthonychia parva Shumard and Swallow 1858 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Donaldina cf. robusta Stevens 1858 snail
 Heterostropha - Streptacididae
Streptacis aff. scalpta Knight 1931 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki Knight 1933 snail
Naticopsis (Jedria) ventrica Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites nodocarinatus Hall 1858 snail
= Bellerophon inspeciosus of White, 1881
Euphemites cf. enodis Sturgeon 1964 snail
Euphemites hermosus Kues and Batten 2001 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Knightites (Retispira) "tenuilineata"" = Retispira tenuilineata, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) wewokanus, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) aff. planodorsatus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum, "Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus
"Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Knightites (Retispira) "tenuilineata"" = Retispira tenuilineata Gurley 1884 snail
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) aff. planodorsatus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum Hoare 1961 snail
"Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Strophostylus girtyi Knight 1934 snail
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Amaurotoma aff. humerosa" = Knightinella humerosa, Amaurotoma "n. sp.?", "Microdoma (Euconodoma) gavinae" = Euconodoma gavinae
"Amaurotoma aff. humerosa" = Knightinella humerosa Meek and Hayden 1858 snail
Amaurotoma "n. sp.?" Knight 1945 snail
"Microdoma (Euconodoma) gavinae" = Euconodoma gavinae Kues 1990 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Anomphalus verruculiferus White 1881 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. reedsi" = Amphiscapha reedsi, "Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides, Straparollus (Euomphalus) pernodosus, "Straparollus (Euomphalus) plummeri" = Euomphalus plummeri
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. reedsi" = Amphiscapha reedsi Knight 1934 snail
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
Straparollus (Euomphalus) pernodosus Meek and Worthen 1870 snail
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) plummeri" = Euomphalus plummeri Knight 1934 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) radiata" = Acharax radiata
"Solemya (Janeia) radiata" = Acharax radiata Meek and Worthen 1860 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides, "Nuculopsis aff. anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides, ? Nuculopsis sp., Nuculopsis girtyi, Nuculopsis croneisi
"Nuculopsis anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 nut clam
"Nuculopsis aff. anodontoides" = Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 nut clam
? Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
Nuculopsis croneisi Schenck 1939 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra Beede and Rogers 1898 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Schizodus aff. ulrichi Worthen 1890 clam
Schizodus amplus Meek and Worthen 1870 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella compacta Girty 1915 clam
Astartella varica McChesney 1860 clam
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia ? ovata Meek and Worthen 1873 clam
Edmondia anodontoides Meek 1875 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"? Sanguinolites elongatus" = Vacunella elongata Ciriacks 1963 clam
of Ciriacks, 1963
Wilkingia "n. sp.?" Wilson 1959 clam
Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
? Posidonia "n. sp." Bronn 1828 oyster
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Paleolima sp." = Palaeolima
"Paleolima sp." = Palaeolima Hind 1903 file clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopectinidae indet. Meek 1864 scallop
Clavicosta echinata Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten cf. morsei Newell 1938 scallop
Acanthopecten meeki Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Chaenocardiidae
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria tenuilineata Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
cf. Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Parallelodon aff. tenuistriatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus sp. Newell 1942 mussel
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium "n. sp.?", "Pseudoconocardium cf. obliquum" = Apotocardium obliquum
"Pseudoconocardium cf. obliquum" = Apotocardium obliquum Meek and Worthen 1875
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
""Dentalium" sublaeve" = Prodentalium sublaeve, Prodentalium raymondi
""Dentalium" sublaeve" = Prodentalium sublaeve Hall 1877 tusk shell
Prodentalium raymondi Young 1942 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras
"Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras Girty 1912
 Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Brachycycloceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Beecheria cf. bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens
"Beecheria cf. bovidens" = Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer "opimus" Lane 1963
species name also marked with ?
Anthracospirifer curvilateralis Easton 1962
A. c. chavezae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia "mormoni" Marcou 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida -
"? Sandia sp." = Neosandia, "Desmoinesia "missouriensis"" = Desmoinesia nana, Desmoinesia cf. muricatina
"? Sandia sp." = Neosandia Özdikmen 2008
"Desmoinesia "missouriensis"" = Desmoinesia nana Meek and Worthen 1866
Desmoinesia cf. muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
? Leptalosia sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cf. crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
? Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
very large
Orbiculoidea capuliformis McChesney 1859
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora triangulata Kiseleva 1973
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin
spines and plates
  - Archaeocidaridae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
stem fragments and plates
Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
? Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral