Croton Falls, Stonewall County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (33.4° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guthrie Member (Dog Creek Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the SUI

Primary reference: R. L. Clifton. 1942. Invertebrate Faunas from The Blaine and The Dog Creek Formations of the Permain Leonard Series. Journal of Paleontology 16(6):685-699 [T. Olszewski/P. Lester]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90740: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus bassi" = Peniculauris bassi
"Dictyoclostus bassi" = Peniculauris bassi McKee 1938
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Medlicottia sp., "Medlicottia whitneyi" = Eumedlicottia whitneyi, "Propinacoceras knighti" = Bamyaniceras knighti
Medlicottia sp. Waagen 1880 ammonite
"Medlicottia whitneyi" = Eumedlicottia whitneyi Böse 1919 ammonite
"Propinacoceras knighti" = Bamyaniceras knighti Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli Smith 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras girtyi Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras texanum Clifton 1942 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
"Adrianites newelli" = Metacrimites newelli
"Adrianites newelli" = Metacrimites newelli Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Coelogasteroceras mexicanum Girty 1909 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras inconspicuum Hyatt 1891 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
"Titanoceras sanandreasense" = Parapenascoceras sanandreasense Miller et al. 1933 nautiloid
Domatoceras sp. Hyatt 1891 nautiloid
Stenopoceras sp. Hyatt 1893 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Pseudorthoceras splendens" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Mooreoceras gigantea" = Mooreoceras giganteum
"Pseudorthoceras splendens" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Mooreoceras gigantea" = Mooreoceras giganteum Clifton 1942
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon majusculus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus
"Bellerophon majusculus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus Walcott 1884 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Murchisonia gouldii" = Cibecuia gouldii
"Murchisonia gouldii" = Cibecuia gouldii Beede 1907 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis
"Nucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis Walcott 1884 nut clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina apachesi" = Septimyalina burmai
"Myalina apachesi" = Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sublaevis Girty 1909 scallop
Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten girtyi" = Heteropecten girtyi, "Aviculopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti
"Aviculopecten girtyi" = Heteropecten girtyi Newell 1938 scallop
"Aviculopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti Beede 1902 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Dozierella cf. gouldii" = Leptodesma gouldii
"Dozierella cf. gouldii" = Leptodesma gouldii Beede 1902 oyster
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma rothi" = Wilkingia rothi
"Allorisma rothi" = Wilkingia rothi Newell 1940 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus mexicanum" = Permophorus mexicanus, "Pleurophorus albequus" = Permophorus albequus
"Pleurophorus mexicanum" = Permophorus mexicanus Girty 1909 clam
"Pleurophorus albequus" = Permophorus albequus Beede 1907 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia rotunda Beede 1907 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus texanus Clifton 1942 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis
"Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis Beede 1907 clam