181-T-5. Millsap-Brazos road, 1/10th mile south of Goen Cemetary: Desmoinesian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Prodentaliidae
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Dentalium (Antalis) raymondi
(Young 1942)
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Miller 1949 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Prodentalium raymondi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Streptacididae
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Streptacis informal n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Donaldinidae
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Donaldina informal n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Bucanopsis ourayensis
(Gurley 1884)
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| recombined as Patellostium ourayensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites nodocarinatus
(Hall 1858)
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Euphemites blaneyanus
(McChesney 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bucanopsis meekianus
(Shumard and Swallow 1858)
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| recombined as Retispira meekiana | ||||||||||
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Bucanopsis kansasensis
(Shumard 1858)
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| nomen nudum belonging to Retispira | ||||||||||
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Patellostium montfortianum
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| recombined as Cymatospira montfortianus | ||||||||||
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Bucanopsis informal n. sp.
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Bellerophon crassus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| recombined as Waagenella crassus | ||||||||||
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Pharkidonotus percarinatus
(Conrad 1842)
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| USNM Accession 221518 | ||||||||||
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= Bellerophon harrodi
Gurley 1883
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pharkidonotus harrodi | ||||||||||
| USNM Accession 221518 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Rhabdotocochlis informal n. sp.
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Euomphalus catilloides
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Amphiscapha catilloides | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Araeonema virgatum
Knight 1933
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Microdomatidae
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Yunnania subsinuata
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| recombined as Amaurotoma subsinuata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Cylindritopsis vaningeni
(Knight 1931)
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Macrochilina brevis
(White 1881)
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| recombined as Strobeus brevis | ||||||||||
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Macrochilina paludinaeformis
(Hall 1858)
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| recombined as Strobeus paludinaeformis | ||||||||||
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Macrochilina regularis
(Cox 1857)
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| recombined as Soleniscus regularis | ||||||||||
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Soleniscus typicus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Phanerotrema grayvillense
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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| recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense | ||||||||||
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Yvania subconstricta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| recombined as Baylea subconstricta | ||||||||||
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Yvania scitula
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| recombined as Dictyotomaria scitula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Portlockiellidae
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Pleurotomaria carbonaria
Norwood and Pratten 1855
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| recombined as Shansiella carbonaria | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria beckwithiana
(McChesney 1859)
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| recombined as Shansiella beckwithana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Pleurotomaria granulostriata
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| recombined as Paragoniozona granulostriata | ||||||||||
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Orestes nodosus
Girty 1912
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| recombined as Phymatopleura nodosa | ||||||||||
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Orestes informal n. sp.
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| replaced by Phymatopleura | ||||||||||
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Worthenia speciosa
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisonia sp.
d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Angyomphalus moniliferus
(White 1880)
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| recombined as Colpites monilifera | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Paleostylus informal n. sp.
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| original and current combination Palaeostylus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira choctawensis
(Girty 1912)
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Actaeonina minuta
(Stevens 1858)
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| recombined as Girtyspira minuta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Hemizyga spp.
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Pseudozygopleura informal n. sp.
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Pseudozygopleura multicostata
(Meek and Worthen 1862)
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Pseudozygopleura scitula
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Pseudozygopleura obtusicacuminis
(Knight 1930)
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| recombined as Palaeostylus (Pseudozygopleura) obtusicacuminis | ||||||||||
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Pseudozygopleura moorei
(Knight 1930)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Palo Pinto |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.2° South, 34.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Carboniferous - Late/Upper Carboniferous | ||
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | Foram zone: | Fusulina haworthi |
| Age range of interval: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Strawn | Formation: | Grindstone Creek | Member: | Goen Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphy given may be out of date. Specimen came from a shale member of the Millsap Lake Fm. between the Goen LS member and the Santo LS member.
(Stratigraphy since updated: was Millsap Lake within Strawn Group; now | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods entered because the taxonomy is badly outdated. The rest of the list is:
Foraminifera Ammodiscus incertus (d'Orbigny) Deckerella laheei Cushman and Waters Cornuspira cf. involvens (Reuss) Earlandia perparva H. J. Plummer Endothyra pauciloculata Cushman and Waters Endothyranella powersi (Harlton) Glyphostomella triloculina (Cushman and Waters) Globivalvulina biserialis Cushman and Waters Wedekindella euthusepta (Henbest) Fusulina haworthi (Beede) Fusulina cf. euryteines Thompson Porifera Fissispongia tortacloaca (R. H. King) Wewokella solida Girty Anthozoa Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edwards and Haime) Campophyllum torquium (Owen) Campophyllum sp. Bryozoa Fistulipora nodulifera Meek Tabulipora sp. Polypora spinulifera Ulrich Rhombopora lepidodendroides Meek Rhombopora tabulata Ulrich Prismopora triangulata (White) Brachipoda Crania modesta White and St. John Derbya crassa (Meek and Hayden) Mesolobus inflexus (Girty) Echinoconchus knighti Dunbar and Condra Dictyoclostus hermosanus? (Girty) Marginifera muricatina Dunbar and Condra Isogramma millepunctata (Meek and Worthen) Squamularia perplexa (McChesney) Spirifer opirnus Hall Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou Neospiriier dunbari R. H. King Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard) Hustedia mormoni (Marcou) Pelecypoda Nucula anodontoides Meek Nuculopsis ventricosa (Hall) Yoldia glabra Beede and Rogers Myalina recurvirostris Meek and Worthen Astartella concentrica (McChesney) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 5.5 miles west of Millsap Was: Miller's giant scaphopod from the Pennsylvanian of Texas | ||
| Database number: | 11100 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, P. Wagner | Enterer: | C. Ferguson, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-07-13 10:59:05 | Last modified: | 2019-10-04 21:44:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-13 10:59:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47647. | F. B. Plummer and J. Hornberger. 1935. Geology of Palo Pinto County, Texas. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 3554:1-240 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 4087 | A. K. Miller. 1949. A Giant Scaphopod from the Pennsylvanian of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 23(4):387-391 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson] | |
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |