Pond Dam, Trickham, Texas: Virgilian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Leptotygria sp.
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| should this be Leptoptygma? | ||||||||||
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Stenocoelia sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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44 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Fimbrinia sp.
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46 specimens | |||||||||
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Kutorginella sp.
Ivanova 1951
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82 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Pulchratia sp.
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Juresania sp.
Fredericks 1928
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia sp.
Waagen 1884
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Sulcataria sp.
Cooper and Grant 1969
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris sp.
George 1932
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| listed as Phricidothyris | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferellidae
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Eridmatus sp.
Branson 1966
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer sp.
North 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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? Tainoceras sp.
Hyatt 1883
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33 specimens | |||||||||
| listed as Tainocerid nautilioids | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bactritida
- Bactritidae
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Bactrites sp.
Sandberger 1843
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
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Orthocerida indet.
Kuhn 1940
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116 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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89 specimens | |||||||||
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Knightites sp.
Moore 1941
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites sp.
Warthin 1930
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58 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Trepospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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492 specimens | |||||||||
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Glabrocingulum sp.
Thomas 1940
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350 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Worthenia sp.
de Koninck 1883
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81 specimens | |||||||||
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Phymatopleura sp.
Girty 1939
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus sp.
de Montfort 1810
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118 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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132 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Paleostylus sp.
(Mansuy 1914)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Palaeostylus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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85 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculopsis sp.
Girty 1912
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167 specimens | |||||||||
| listed as Nuculposis sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronites sp.
McCoy 1842
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella sp.
Hall 1858
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81 specimens | |||||||||
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Insecta
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Reticulata sp.
Willmann 2007
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Ephemerida | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllidium radicosum
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Lophophyllidium proliferum radicosum | ||||||||||
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Lophophyllidium proliferum
(McChesney 1860)
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317 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
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Incrustospongia meandrica n. gen., n. sp.
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165 specimens | |||||||||
| encrusting | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Coleman |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.6° South, 34.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | Bluff Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bluff Creek may be informal name. 3 m thick interval | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Collection size: | 2415 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 50197 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-10 08:12:33 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 11:12:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-10 08:12:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13491. | A. Molineux. 1994. A late Pennsylvanian encruster: terminal Paleozoic calcified demosponge?. In: Embry AF, Beauchamp B, Glass DJ (eds.) Pangea: Global Environments and Resources, Calgary; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 17:967-982 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |