TX Foram & Ostra 1 1/2 miles NE Wolfcamp (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Pecos County, Texas (30.6° N, 102.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 37.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• 450 feet below upper Gaptank

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 215211: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 03.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira simplex n. sp.
Glomospira simplex n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71722
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
Bradyina marathonensis n. sp.
Bradyina marathonensis n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71724
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Nodosaroum gaptankensis n. sp.
Nodosaroum gaptankensis n. sp.
USNM Coll., No. 71735
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia formosa n. sp.
Healdia formosa n. sp. ostracod
USNM Coll., No. 72239