TXV-64 (CCS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5518

Where: Jack County, Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 33.2° W)

When: Colony Creek Member (Caddo Creek Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; shale and sandstone

• 12.0-12.75 Ironstained sandstone, rust-red to black, bouldery, trough cross-bedded, beds thicken upward to 0.5 meters, medium grained, sorted, brown on fresh surface.

•11.5-12.0 Lower sandstone weathers irregularly with some iron staining, tan-brown on fresh surface, medium grained, poorly sorted.

•6.0-11.5 Sandy shale with sandstone stringers that form in bioturbation traces, weathers sandy, non-fossiliferous.

•5.0-6.0 Gray shales with abundant limonitic concretions.

•3.65-5.0 Dark gray shales, sparingly fossiliferous

•3.25-3.65 Gray shale, weathers gray and clayey.

•2.25-3.25 Limy shale with stringers of limestone, light gray on weathered surface, dark gray on fresh surface. weathers gritty and clayey.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)

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 217916: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 5.0-6.0 gastropods, shark teeth.

•3.65-5.0 sparingly fossiliferous.

•3.25-3.65 crinoids, and brachiopods.

•2.25-3.25 crinoids, brachiopods, fusulinids.

Show authors, comments, and common names
unclassified
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Fish indet., Bryozoa indet., Brachiopoda indet., Astartella concentrica, Rostroconcha indet., Plantae indet., Trilobita indet.
Fish indet.
teeth (3)
Bryozoa indet.
fenestrate, ramose, encrusting
Brachiopoda indet.
fragments, spines
Plantae indet.
wood fragments
Trilobita indet.
fragments
Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet.
Foraminifera indet. foram
agglutinated, straight
 Fusilinida -
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida Wedekind 1937
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Polychaeta
  -
Sphenothallus sp.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
fragments
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp., Glabrocingulum welleri, Trepospira sp.
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
Glabrocingulum welleri Newell 1935 snail
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Shansiella planicostata
Shansiella planicostata Girty 1937 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis "sp. 1", Ianthinopsis "sp. 2"
Ianthinopsis "sp. 1" Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Ianthinopsis "sp. 2" Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema "sp. 1", Orthonema "sp. 2"
Orthonema "sp. 1" Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
Orthonema "sp. 2" Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail
1 specimen
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp.
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
1 specimen
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
fragments
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
4 specimens
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet.
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea indet., Orbiculoidea missouriensis
Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
1 specimen
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella plebia
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
1 specimen
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
1 specimen
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
1 specimen
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Cavusgnathus sp.
Cavusgnathus sp. Harris and Hollingsworth 1933 conodont
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spines, plates, jaws
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
plate
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
stems, plates, spines
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia sp.
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish
1 specimen
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836