TXV-63 (FS), near Jacksboro TX: Virgilian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Perpetoceras bridgeportense
2 specimens
"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
Neoganides sp.
Bactritioidea indet.
Vertebrata indet.
Polyplacophora indet.
plate
Syringipora indet.
Foraminifera
Foraminifera indet. (Eichwald 1830)
coiled, straight
unclassified
Fusulinida indet. (Fursenko 1958)
original and current combination Fusilinida
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium linosum
5 specimens
Lophophyllidium spinosum Jeffords 1947
synonym of Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum
3 specimens
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Paraconularia sp.
1 specimen
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
spines (1), stems (40), plates
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
spines (1), plates (1)
Holothuroidea
Holothuroidea indet. (de Blainville 1834)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia jacksborosis
28 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia inflatus
5 specimens
Retaria lasallensis (Worthen 1873)
recombined as Kutorginella lasallensis
39 specimens
Kozlowskia spendens
9 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
86 specimens
Echinaria morrei
4 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora (d'Orbigny 1842)
19 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella plebia
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris perplexa (McChesney 1859)
recombined as Condrathyris perplexa
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella texanus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou 1858)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
2 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
1 specimen
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
1 specimen
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ramose (46 specimens), encrusting, fenestrate
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson ? sp.
50 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
fragments
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites viattus
5 specimens
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon tricarinatus Shumard and Swallow 1858
synonym of Pharkidonotus percarinatus
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina sp. Knight 1945
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparolus subrugosus
original and current combination Straparollus
12 specimens
Straparolus sp. (de Montfort 1810)
original and current combination Straparollus
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira percuta
9 specimens
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis paulideformis
1 specimen
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Ianthinopsis brevis (White 1881)
recombined as Strobeus brevis
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Shansiella planocostata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira depressa (Cox 1857)
replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis
12 specimens
Glabrocingulum welleri (Newell 1935)
1 specimen
Glabrocingulum gravillense
17 specimens
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira turbiniforma
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata (Conrad 1835)
9 specimens
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939
Phymatopleura brazoensis (Shumard 1860)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae
Bactrites sp. Sandberger 1843
4 specimens
Bactrites finisensis
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae
Gonioloboceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Gonioloboceras goniolobum (Meek 1877)
recombined as Gonioloboceras goniolobus
9 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras missouriense (Miller and Faber 1892)
7 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras texanum (Smith 1903)
5 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Shumarditidae
Shumardites cuyleri Plummer and Scott 1937
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936
Glaphyrites modestus (Böse 1919)
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Brachycycloceras normale Miller et al. 1955
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense (McChesney 1859)
13 specimens
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Euloxoceras greeni Dunbar and Condra 1933
5 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Neobistrialites sp.
6 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras monilifer
10 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Titanoceras ponderosum
1 specimen
Domatoceras sculptile
1 specimen
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
fragments
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus affinis Herrick 1887
1 specimen
Schizodus wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella varica McChesney 1860
1 specimen
Astartella concentrica (McChesney 1859)
synonym of Astartella concentrica
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminalis (Hall 1852)
recombined as Wilkingia terminale
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
Edmondia ovata Meek and Worthen 1873
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites percuta
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia stevensoni
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia bellistriata
1 specimen
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
Phestia arata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
2 specimens
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
Polychaeta
Sphenothallus sp. Hall 1847
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Jack
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 98.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° South, 32.5° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Virgilian
Age range of interval:303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cisco Formation:Graham Member:Finis Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 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.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments: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
Metadata
Also known as:AMNH locality 5517 Mapes Loc.: BBTXV-103 - Finis Sh
Database number:217915
Authorizer:B. Seuss Enterer:B. Seuss
Modifier:B. Seuss Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-02-18 00:14:40 Last modified:2022-04-20 02:56:44
Access level:the public Released:2021-02-18 00:14:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
75524. 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]