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 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Bucanopsis ourayensis
(Gurley 1884)
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bucanopsis meekianus
(Shumard and Swallow 1858)
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Bucanopsis kansasensis
(Shumard 1858)
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Patellostium montfortianum
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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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 | |||||||||
| USNM Accession 221518 | ||||||||||
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Bellerophon crassus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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Bucanopsis informal n. sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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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
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Hemizyga spp.
Girty 1915
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Pseudozygopleura informal n. sp.
Knight 1930
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Pseudozygopleura obtusicacuminis
(Knight 1930)
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Pseudozygopleura multicostata
(Meek and Worthen 1862)
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Pseudozygopleura moorei
(Knight 1930)
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Pseudozygopleura scitula
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Paleostylus informal n. sp.
(Mansuy 1914)
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Actaeonina minuta
(Stevens 1858)
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Meekospira choctawensis
(Girty 1912)
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Angyomphalus moniliferus
(White 1880)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalus catilloides
(Conrad 1842)
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Euomphalus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Araeonema virgatum
Knight 1933
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Rhabdotocochlis informal n. sp.
Knight 1933
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Microdomatidae
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Yunnania subsinuata
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Donaldinidae
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Donaldina informal n. sp.
Knight 1933
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Streptacididae
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Streptacis informal n. sp.
Meek 1871
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Worthenia speciosa
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Orestes nodosus
Girty 1912
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Orestes informal n. sp.
Girty 1912
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Pleurotomaria granulostriata
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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Yvania subconstricta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Yvania scitula
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Portlockiellidae
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Pleurotomaria carbonaria
Norwood and Pratten 1855
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Pleurotomaria beckwithiana
(McChesney 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Cylindritopsis vaningeni
(Knight 1931)
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Macrochilina paludinaeformis
(Hall 1858)
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Macrochilina brevis
(White 1881)
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Soleniscus typicus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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Macrochilina regularis
(Cox 1857)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisonia sp.
d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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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: | 312.7 - 305.9 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] |