USNM 9043, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as TF-389 (of Cloud) 153-T-110 (of Plummer) USGS 15534

Where: McCulloch County, Texas (31.1° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 49.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chappel Limestone Formation, Kinderhookian (358.9 - 352.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• "several thin beds of gray, fine to medium-grained, crinoidal limestone"

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62492: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 20.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Eomartiniopsis girtyi Branson 1938
 Spiriferida - Crassumbidae
Crassumbo inornatus Carter 1967
Crassumbo turgidus n. sp. Carter 1967
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Amesopleura texana Carter 1967
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris bradyensis Carter 1967
 Athyridida - Meristidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Cupularostrum sp. Sartenaer 1961
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
? Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae