north of Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wise County, Texas (32.9° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 33.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Keechi Creek shale Member (Mineral Wells Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Keechi Creek shale, Mineral Wells formation, shale below Palo Pinto limestone escarpment

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. Croneis and J. McCormack. 1932. Fossil Holothuroidea. Journal of Paleontology 6(2):111-148 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97876: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Holothuroidea
 Elasipodida - Palaeocaudinidae
"Protocaudina kansasensis" = Palaeocaudina kansasensis
"Protocaudina kansasensis" = Palaeocaudina kansasensis Hanna 1930 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Myriotrochidae
Paleochiridota terquemi n. sp., Paleochiridota radiata n. sp.
Paleochiridota terquemi n. sp. Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber
Paleochiridota radiata n. sp. Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber