USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 30.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wildcat Creek Member (Admiral Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, yellow, argillaceous lime mudstone and lithified shale

• Nodules of light-yellow argillaceous limestone and associated shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1947. Lower Permian cephalopods from the Texas Colorado River valley. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Mollusca 1:1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90007: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia crassus5, Euphemitopsis multinodosa5
Warthia crassus5 Yochelson 1960 snail
Euphemitopsis multinodosa5 Yochelson 1960 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Retispira) eximia" = Yochelsonellisa eximia5, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus n. sp.5, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus n. sp.5
"Knightites (Retispira) eximia" = Yochelsonellisa eximia5 Yochelson 1960 snail
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus n. sp.5 Yochelson 1960 snail
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus n. sp.5 Yochelson 1960 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) gigantea4, Straparollus (Euomphalus) cornudanus4
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Shansiella tabulata n. sp." = Permoconcha tabulata1
"Shansiella tabulata n. sp." = Permoconcha tabulata1 Batten 1958 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa2
Worthenia speciosa2 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
? Neopronorites sp.
? Neopronorites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Artinskia adkinsi" = Akmilleria adkinsi
"Artinskia adkinsi" = Akmilleria adkinsi Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Properrinites boesei
Properrinites boesei Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
"Pseudogastrioceras admiralense" = Stenolobulites admiralensis
"Pseudogastrioceras admiralense" = Stenolobulites admiralensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
"Metalegoceras colemanense" = Juresanites colemanensis
"Metalegoceras colemanense" = Juresanites colemanensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
"Peritrochia sellardsi" = Almites sellardsi
"Peritrochia sellardsi" = Almites sellardsi Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras applini
Agathiceras applini Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Stenopoceras sp.
Stenopoceras sp. Hyatt 1893
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras cheneyi n. sp., Foordiceras ornatissimum n. sp.3
Metacoceras cheneyi n. sp. Miller and Youngquist 1947
Foordiceras ornatissimum n. sp.3 Miller and Youngquist 1949
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras cf. globulare
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Bitaunioceras texanum n. sp.
Bitaunioceras texanum n. sp. Miller and Youngquist 1947
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
1Batten 1958; 2Batten 1989; 3Miller and Youngquist 1949; 4Yochelson 1956; 5Yochelson 1960