Talpa New Mexico: Kashirian - Myachkovian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pesudorthoceras knoxense
Ditymopyge sp.
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
? Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia crustula
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
? Petalodus sp.
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
stem fragments and plates
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris triplex
Echinoidea - Echinoida
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872
spines and plates
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus informal n. sp.
    = Strobeus poromus Kues 1990
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 85
Strobeus brevis (White 1881)
    = Strobeus ? paludinaeformis Hall 1858
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 83
Strobeus paludinaeformis (Hall 1858)
Strobeus ? primigenius (Conrad 1835)
    = Strobeus immanis Kues and Batten 2001
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 86
Oncochilus vaningeni (Knight 1931)
recombined as Cylindritopsis vaningeni
Leptoptygma sp. Knight 1936
Leptoptygma subtilistriatum (Knight 1931)
Leptoptygma virgatum (Knight 1931)
Strobeus regularis (Cox 1857)
recombined as Soleniscus regularis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala informal n. sp.
Euconospira informal n. sp.
Euconospira aff. turbiniformis (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Shansiella carbonaria (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Shansiella beckwithana (McChesney 1859)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Paragoniozona multilirata Nelson 1947
Paragoniozona cf. nodolirata Nelson 1947
Phymatopleura nodosus (Girty 1912)
recombined as Phymatopleura nodosa
Worthenia tabulata (Conrad 1835)
    = Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 31
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Porcellia sp. Léveillé 1835
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Gosseletina spironema (Meek and Worthen 1866)
recombined as Globodoma spironema
Gosseletina cf. spironema (Meek and Worthen 1866)
recombined as Globodoma spironema
Trepospira (Trepospira) illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)
Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) informal n. sp.
original and current combination Dictyotomaria
Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) quadrilineata (Girty 1934)
recombined as Dictyotomaria quadrilineata
Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) aff. scitula (Meek and Worthen 1860)
recombined as Dictyotomaria scitula
Glabrocingulum (Ananias) sp. (Knight 1945)
original and current combination Ananias
Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) spp.
cf. Shwedagonia sp. Batten 1956
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia (? Murchisonia) sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
Murchisonia (? Donaldospira) sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
Murchisonia ? ()
Gastropoda - Eucochlidae
Eucochlis perminuta Knight 1933
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Stegocoelia (Taosia) cf. percostata (Girty 1939)
recombined as Hypergonia percostata
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Ceraunocochlis fulminula Knight 1931
Girtyspira sp. Knight 1936
Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Gastropoda - Acanthonematidae
? Callispira sp. Nelson 1947
Callispira quinquecostata Nelson 1947
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
? Plocezyga (Gamizyga) illineata (Knight 1930)
recombined as Hemizyga illineata
Stephanozyga informal n. sp.?
Stephanozyga subnodosa (Knight 1930)
Streptacis cerithiformis (Meek and Worthen 1860)
recombined as Microptychis cerithiformis
Plocezyga (Plocezyga) cf. corona (Knight 1930)
recombined as Plocezyga corona
Plocezyga (Plocezyga) aff. tenuilirata (Knight 1930)
Plocezyga (Plocezyga) spp.
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) spp.
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Platyzona informal n. sp.
    = Platyzona hespera Kues and Batten 2001
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 38
? Goniasma sp. Tomlin 1930
Goniasma lasallensis (Worthen 1890)
recombined as Goniasma lasallense
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Stegocoelia (Taosia) spp.
original and current combination Taosia
Stegocoelia (Taosia) copei (White 1881)
recombined as Taosia copei
Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) aff. wortheni (Knight 1942)
recombined as Taosia wortheni
Orthonema informal n. spp.
Orthonema cf. salteri (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Orthonema inornatum Knight 1934
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras (Orthonychia) parvum (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
recombined as Orthonychia parva
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Trachydomia whitei Knight 1933
    = Trachydomia nodosa Meek and Worthen 1860
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 63
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina stevensana (Meek and Worthen 1866)
Donaldina cf. robusta (Stevens 1858)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Streptacididae
Streptacis aff. scalpta Knight 1931
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites (Retispira) "tenuilineata" (Gurley 1884)
original and current combination Bellerophon tenuilineata
Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Cymatospira montfortianus
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus (Meek and Worthen 1860)
recombined as Waagenella crassus
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) wewokanus (Girty 1912)
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) aff. planodorsatus (Hoare 1961)
original and current combination Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum
Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites nodocarinatus (Hall 1858)
= Bellerophon inspeciosus of White, 1881
Euphemites "carbonarius" (Cox 1857)
    = Euphemites hermosus Kues and Batten 2001
Kues and Batten 2001
p. 9
Euphemites cf. enodis Sturgeon 1964
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis (Jedria) ventrica (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki (Knight 1933)
recombined as Jedria meeki
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) aff. judithae Knight 1933
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
? Microdoma informal n. sp.
    = Microdoma (Euconodoma) gavinae Kues 1990
Kues and Batten 2001
original and current combination Euconodoma gavinae
p. 42
Amaurotoma informal n. sp.?
Amaurotoma aff. humerosa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
recombined as Knightinella humerosa
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. reedsi (Knight 1934)
recombined as Amphiscapha reedsi
Straparollus (Amphiscapha) cf. catilloides (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Amphiscapha catilloides
Straparollus (Euomphalus) plummeri Knight 1934
recombined as Euomphalus plummeri
Straparollus (Euomphalus) pernodosus Meek and Worthen 1870
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Anomphalus verruculiferus (White 1881)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Strophostylus girtyi (Knight 1934)
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya (Janeia) radiata (Meek and Worthen 1860)
recombined as Acharax radiata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
Nuculopsis croneisi (Schenck 1939)
Nuculopsis anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
Nuculopsis aff. anodontoides (Meek 1871)
recombined as Economolopsis anodontoides
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia arata
Phestia cf. bellistriata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866
Schizodus amplus Meek and Worthen 1870
Schizodus aff. ulrichi Worthen 1890
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella newberryi
Astartella varica McChesney 1860
Astartella concentrica (Conrad 1842)
Astartella compacta Girty 1915
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia informal n. sp.?
Wilkingia terminale (Hall 1852)
? Sanguinolites elongatus Ciriacks 1963
recombined as Vacunella elongata
of Ciriacks, 1963
Sanguinolites costata
Sanguinolites aff. costata
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia anodontoides (Meek 1875)
Edmondia ? ovata Meek and Worthen 1873
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia carbonaria
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus sp. Newell 1942
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon ? carbonarius
Parallelodon hexacostata
cf. Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Parallelodon aff. tenuistriatus (Meek and Worthen 1866)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina (Myalina) cf. arbala Newell 1942
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) aff. longa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
? Posidonia informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopectinidae indet. Meek 1864
Clavicosta echinata Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten cf. morsei Newell 1938
Acanthopecten meeki Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria tenuilineata (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Chaenocardiidae
Chaenocardia ovata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Paleolima sp. (Hind 1903)
original and current combination Palaeolima
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Brachycycloceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Mooreoceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
synonym of Pseudorthoceras
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium informal n. sp.?
Pseudoconocardium cf. obliquum (Meek and Worthen 1875)
recombined as Apotocardium obliquum
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium raymondi Young 1942
"Dentalium" sublaeve Hall 1877
recombined as Prodentalium sublaeve
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
? Leptalosia sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Strophomenata - Productida
Desmoinesia "missouriensis" (Girty 1915)
synonym of Desmoinesia nana
Desmoinesia cf. muricatina (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
? Sandia sp.
replaced by Neosandia
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Kozlowskia haydenensis
Antiquatonia hermosana
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia sp.
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinaria cf. knighti
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Plicochonetes sp. Paeckelmann 1930
Mesolobus cf. profundus
Mesolobus striatus Weller and McGehee 1933
Chonetinella jeffordsi
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cf. crassa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? tewaensis
Neospirifer cameratus (Morton 1836)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer "opimus"
species name also marked with ?
Anthracospirifer curvilateralis (Easton 1962)
A. c. chavezae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris cf. planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris perplexa (McChesney 1859)
recombined as Condrathyris perplexa
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia "mormoni" (Marcou 1858)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Cleiothyridina pecosii
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Beecheria cf. bovidens (Morton 1836)
recombined as Dielasma bovidens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
? Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
very large
Orbiculoidea missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
Orbiculoidea capuliformis (McChesney 1859)
original and current combination Discina capuliforma
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora triangulata Kiseleva 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Taos
Coordinates: 36.4° North, 105.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° South, 37.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:2129 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Kashirian - Myachkovian
Age range of interval:313.80000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Flechado
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology:dunes,medium lithified conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: ...highly fossiliferous, nearshore-marine, dominantly dark-gray shale-siltstone facies....Several relatively thin conglomeratic to medium-grained, locally trough crossbedded sandstone units seperated by thicker dark-gray shales and siltstones.
Environment:delta front
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Collection size:15000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: no collection information given
Metadata
Database number:46548
Authorizer:N. Heim, P. Wagner Enterer:N. Heim, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-01-19 06:50:18 Last modified:2024-04-12 16:06:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-19 06:50:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12417. B. S. Kues. 1984. Pennsylvanian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Taos area, north-central New Mexico. Rio Grande Rift: Northern New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 35:107-114 [N. Heim/N. Heim/N. Heim]

Secondary references:

12412 B. S. Kues and R. L. Batten. 2001. Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75(1, supp):1-95 [N. Heim/N. Heim/P. Wagner]