Lake Bridgeport, loc. 5: Missourian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Wise
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 97.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.6° South, 31.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Missourian
Age range of interval: 305.9 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Canyon Formation:Graford
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Jasper Creek Shale (=Upper Lake Bridgeport Shale) and overlying Devil's Den Limestone Member of the Graford Formation; near the top of the Missourian Stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: sponge-crinoid facies
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: shallow water of the shelf bordering the Midland Basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:111701
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-27 23:34:58 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-27 23:34:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
36539. J. K. Rigby, M. G. McKinzie, and B. B. Britt. 2008. Pennsylvanian sponges from thr Graford Formation, Wise County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):492-510 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]