Claypit, Bridgeport, Wise County (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wise county County, Texas (33.2° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Brownwood shale Member (Graford Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

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 97878: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Holothuroidea
 Apodida - Achistridae
"Ancistrum ludwigi n. sp." = Achistrum ludwigi, "Ancistrum brownwoodensis n. sp." = Achistrum (Achistrum) brownwoodensis
"Ancistrum ludwigi n. sp." = Achistrum ludwigi Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber
"Ancistrum brownwoodensis n. sp." = Achistrum (Achistrum) brownwoodensis Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber