TX Foram & Ostra, W of Cisco (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Eastland County, Texas (32.4° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 35.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cisco Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: B. H. Harlton. 1928. Pennsylvanian Foraminifera of Oklahoma and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 1(4):305-310 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215213: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 03.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides ciscoensis n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71726
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Nodosaroum ciscoensis n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71734
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Staffella formosa n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71728
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Cribrostomum attentuata n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71731
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
"Staffella ciscoensis n. sp." = Orobias ciscoensis
"Staffella ciscoensis n. sp." = Orobias ciscoensis Harlton 1928
USNM Coll., No. 71729
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
"Kirkbya texana n. sp." = Knightina texana
"Kirkbya texana n. sp." = Knightina texana Harlton 1928 ostracod
USNM Coll., No. 72238
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia hispida n. sp. ostracod
USNM Coll., No. 72246