TXV-63 (FS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5517 Mapes Loc.: BBTXV-103 - Finis Sh

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 32.5° W)

When: Finis Shale Member (Graham Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• 13.7-14.5 Sandy shales, weathers a yellow-brown.

•13.0-13.7 Light gray sandy shale with small limonitic concretions, weathers to a light brown.

•11.5-13.0 Gray shale with abundant limonitic concretions; weathers tan-brown.

•11.0-11.5 Dark gray shale with large phosphatic and calcareous concretions at base, sparingly fossiliferous, weathers gray.

•10.0-11.0 fill material for upper pond dam is fossiliferous with mature mollusks and dysaerobic biofacies fossils present.

•4.0-10.0 Covered with vegetation between upper and lower pond dam.

•2.25-4.0 Exposed in lower pond dam fill, no fossils were recovered on the dam.

•0.0-2.25 Stream cut to the east side of lower pond dam, shale is blue-gray on weathered surface and shaley, non-fossiliferous on surface, nonconcretionary.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Boston. 1988. The surficial geology, paleontology, and paleoecology of the Finis Shale (Pennsylvanian, Lower Virgilian) in Jack County, Texas. 293 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217915: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 13.7-14.5 abunadant fusulinids.

•13.0-13.7 Myalina.

•11.5-13.0 gastropods, ammonoids, brachiopods, corals.

•11.0-11.5 sparingly fossiliferous

•10.0-11.0 mature mollusks and dysaerobic biofacies fossils

unclassified
  -
"Merceras" sp.
3 specimens
Ammonoidea indet.
1 specimen
Nautiloidea indet.
coiled (1), straight (2)
Brachiopoda indet.
46 specimens; plus further shell fragments, spines
Plantae indet.
wood fragments, seeds
Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet. foram
coiled, straight
 Fusilinida -
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida Wedekind 1937
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
1 specimen
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium linosum horn coral
5 specimens
"Lophophyllidium spinosum" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Jeffords 1947 horn coral
3 specimens
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish
1 specimen
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
spines (1), stems (40), plates
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spines (1), plates (1)
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia jacksborosis
28 specimens
 Productida - Productellidae
"Retaria lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
39 specimens
Kozlowskia spendens
9 specimens
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis, Echinaria morrei
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
86 specimens
Echinaria morrei
4 specimens
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
19 specimens
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella plebia
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
6 specimens
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
2 specimens
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
4 specimens
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
7 specimens
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
1 specimen
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
2 specimens
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
1 specimen
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
1 specimen
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose (46 specimens), encrusting, fenestrate
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson ? sp.
50 specimens
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
fragments
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites viattus snail
5 specimens
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon tricarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Bellerophon tricarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
2 specimens
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus, "Straparolus sp." = Straparollus
"Straparolus subrugosus" = Straparollus snail
12 specimens
"Straparolus sp." = Straparollus de Montfort 1810 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira percuta snail
9 specimens
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis paulideformis snail
1 specimen
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
"Ianthinopsis brevis" = Strobeus brevis White 1881 snail
10 specimens
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
12 specimens
Glabrocingulum welleri Newell 1935 snail
1 specimen
Glabrocingulum gravillense snail
17 specimens
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira turbiniforma snail
1 specimen
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
9 specimens
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939 snail
Phymatopleura brazoensis Shumard 1860 snail
1 specimen
Cephalopoda
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
Bactrites sp. Sandberger 1843
4 specimens
 Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
Gonioloboceras sp., "Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus
Gonioloboceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
"Gonioloboceras goniolobum" = Gonioloboceras goniolobus Meek 1877 ammonite
9 specimens
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite
7 specimens
 Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras texanum Smith 1903 ammonite
5 specimens
 Goniatitida - Shumarditidae
Shumardites cuyleri Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
1 specimen
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
Glaphyrites modestus Böse 1919 ammonite
4 specimens
 Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Brachycycloceras normale Miller et al. 1955
2 specimens
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
13 specimens
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Euloxoceras greeni Dunbar and Condra 1933
5 specimens
 Nautilida -
Neobistrialites sp. nautiloid
6 specimens
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras monilifer nautiloid
10 specimens
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Titanoceras ponderosum nautiloid
1 specimen
Domatoceras sculptile nautiloid
1 specimen
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
fragments
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus affinis Herrick 1887 clam
1 specimen
Schizodus wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
1 specimen
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella varica McChesney 1860 clam
1 specimen
Astartella concentrica clam
2 specimens
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminalis Hall 1852 clam
1 specimen
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
Edmondia ovata Meek and Worthen 1873 clam
2 specimens
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites percuta oyster
5 specimens
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
1 specimen
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia stevensoni clam
3 specimens
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia bellistriata clam
1 specimen
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
2 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
Polychaeta
  -
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod