Kirkland, Childress County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (34.4° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 29.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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

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 90749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus texanus Clifton 1942 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis
"Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis Beede 1907 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
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina apachesi" = Septimyalina burmai
"Myalina apachesi" = Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop
Pseudomonotis sublaevis Girty 1909 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti
"Aviculopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti Beede 1902 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Dozierella cf. gouldii" = Leptodesma gouldii
"Dozierella cf. gouldii" = Leptodesma gouldii Beede 1902 oyster
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon majusculus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus
"Bellerophon majusculus" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus Walcott 1884 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli Smith 1903 ammonite
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Coelogasteroceras mexicanum Girty 1909 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
"Titanoceras sanandreasense" = Parapenascoceras sanandreasense
"Titanoceras sanandreasense" = Parapenascoceras sanandreasense Miller et al. 1933 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Pseudorthoceras splendens" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense
"Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Pseudorthoceras splendens" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859