TX 7505-McColloch (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as TX 7505-McColloch Co., Texas

Where: McColloch County, Texas (31.5° N, 99.2° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 35.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bridgeport Shale Member (Graford Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• thin brown ls in basal member

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Lee, C.O. Nickell, J.S. Williams and L.G. Henbest. 1938. Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Studies of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Rocks in North-Central Texas. The University of Texas Publication 3801:1-252 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1077: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 11.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"? Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"? Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
aff. Pulchratia ovalis - originally entered as "Juresania? nebrascensis"
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten ? texanus scallop
originally entered as "Aviculopecten texanus?"
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Orthomyalina subquadrata Shumard 1855 clam
"Myalina ? recurvirostris" = Myalina (Myalina) wyomingensis Lea 1853 clam
originally entered as "Myalina recurvirostris?"