TXV-99 (FS), near Jacksboro TX: Virgilian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Nautiloidea indet.
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| straight nautilids | ||||||||||
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Ammonoidea indet.
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Worthenia tabulata
(Conrad 1835)
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Glabrocingulum gravillense
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Trepospira depressa
(Cox 1857)
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| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis paulideformis
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira percuta
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparolus subrugosus
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| original and current combination Straparollus | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia ovata
Meek and Worthen 1873
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella concentrica
(McChesney 1859)
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| synonym of Astartella concentrica | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus wheeleri
(Swallow 1863)
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Schizodus affinis
Herrick 1887
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Phestia bellistriata
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculopsis girtyi
Schenck 1934
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bactritida
- Bactritidae
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Bactrites sp.
Sandberger 1843
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Grypoceratidae
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Domatoceras sculptile
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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Tainoceras monilifer
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Neobistrialites sp.
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gonioloboceratidae
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Gonioloboceras goniolobum
(Meek 1877)
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| recombined as Gonioloboceras goniolobus | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Neodimorphoceratidae
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Neodimorphoceras sp.
Schmidt 1925
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Mapes and Chaffin 2003 | |||||||||
| OUZC 3818 | ||||||||||
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Neodimorphoceras texanum
(Smith 1903)
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Schistoceratidae
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Schistoceras missouriense
(Miller and Faber 1892)
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Glaphyritidae
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Glaphyrites modestus
(Böse 1919)
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Brachycycloceratidae
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Brachycycloceras normale
Miller et al. 1955
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetinella plebia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia jacksborosis
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Juresania nebrascensis
(Owen 1852)
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| recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis | ||||||||||
| 8 specimens | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Retaria lasallensis
(Worthen 1873)
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| recombined as Kutorginella lasallensis | ||||||||||
| 20 specimens | ||||||||||
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Kozlowskia spendens
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus cora
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris perplexa
(McChesney 1859)
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| recombined as Condrathyris perplexa | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| stems (5) | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Jack |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.3° South, 33.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Virgilian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cisco | Formation: | Graham | Member: | Finis Shale |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 8.5-10.0 Covered grass and limestone slump and float 7.5-8.5 Powdery weathering shale with calcareous concretions,weathers brown-tan. 4.5-7.5 Shale, weathers brown-tan, with limonitic concretions, and clayey 2.5-4.5 Covered, shale with limonitic concretions. 0.0-2.5 Black shale, sparingly fossiliferous, dark gray and shaley on weathered surface. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:7.5-8.5 brachiopods, crinoids, and corals
4.5-7.5 gastropods, straight nautiloids, brachiopods, ammonoids, and corals. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AMNH locality 5553 | ||
| Database number: | 218024 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Seuss | Enterer: | B. Seuss |
| Modifier: | B. Seuss | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-02-18 00:48:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-20 05:06:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-02-18 00:48:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75524. | W. Boston. 1988. The surficial geology, paleontology, and paleoecology of the Finis Shale (Pennsylvanian, Lower Virgilian) in Jack County, Texas. 293 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss] |
Secondary references:
| 75525 | R.H. Mapes and D.T. Chaffin. 2003. Predation on Cephalopods A general overview with a case study from the Upper Carboniferous of Texas. In P.H. Kelley, M. Kowalewski, T.A. Hansen (eds.), Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record 177-213 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss] |