TXV-65 (CCS), near Jacksboro TX (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as AMNH locality 5519

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

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

Environment/lithology: deltaic; shale and sandstone

• 22.0-24.0+ Cross-bedded slightly bioturbated sandstone, weathers rust red and blocky to bouldery, medium grained and poorly sorted, beds up to 0.3 meters thick.

•20.5-22.0 Sandy shale, non-fossiliferous, weather tan and sandy

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 217918: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 18.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Acantopecten meeki
Acantopecten meeki
1 specimen
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
1 specimen
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella concentrica
Astartella concentrica clam
2 specimens
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cuneatus
Schizodus cuneatus Meek 1875 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites percuta
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella knighti
Dunbarella knighti Newell 1938 scallop
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855