Also known as Unit V of section H, locality 32 of King and Knight (1945), sheet 2 (also see Knight and King (1946) fieldnote #1760, USGS Field Records Library, Denver).
Where: Texas (31.8° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 42.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Magdalena Limestone Formation, Morrowan (323.2 - 318.6 Ma)
• 11' thick bed
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; cherty/siliceous limestone
•shallower water. However, in much of the Paleozoic, spiculites are suggested to represent off-shore, deepwater niches.
•The matrix consists of well-sorted invertebrate fragments about the same size
•as the majority of the gastropods, along with scattered glass sponge spicules.
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: R. L. Batten. 1995. Pennsylvanina (Morrowan) gastropods from the Magdalena Formation of the Hueco Mountains, Texas. American Museum Novitates 3122:1-46 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79966: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Millerella marblensis Thompson 1942 | |
Gastropoda | |
Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail | |
Streptacis whitfieldi Meek 1871 snail | |
Anoptychia sp. Koken 1892 snail | |
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) graphicus" = Bellerophon graphicus, Retispira cf. bellireticulata
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) graphicus" = Bellerophon graphicus Moore 1941 snail
Retispira cf. bellireticulata Knight 1945 snail | |
Strobeus poromus, Soleniscus variabilis, Soleniscus typicus, "Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius
Strobeus poromus Kues 1990 snail
Soleniscus variabilis Erwin 1988 snail
Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail | |
Eirlysia cf. reticulata, Worthenia cf. tabulata, Worthenia speciosa, Borestus magdalenensis n. sp., Borestus texanus n. sp., Tapinotomaria globosa, Tapinotomaria cf. crassa
Eirlysia cf. reticulata Batten 1958 snail
Worthenia cf. tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Borestus magdalenensis n. sp. Batten 1995 snail
Borestus texanus n. sp. Batten 1995 snail
Tapinotomaria globosa Batten 1958 snail
Tapinotomaria cf. crassa Batten 1958 snail | |
Peruvispira delicata, Mourlonia sp., "Platyzona cf. tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis, Apachella cf. turbiniformis, Apachella cf. glabra, Apachella powwowensis n. sp., Ferganispira acteonina n. sp., "Trepospira (Angyomphalus) sp." = Angyomphalus, Baylea kuesi n. sp., Baylea knighti
Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949 snail
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
"Platyzona cf. tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis Phillips 1836 snail
Apachella cf. turbiniformis Winters 1963 snail
Apachella cf. glabra Batten 1989 snail
Apachella powwowensis n. sp. Batten 1995 snail
Ferganispira acteonina n. sp. Batten 1995 snail
"Trepospira (Angyomphalus) sp." = Angyomphalus Cossmann 1915 snail
Baylea kuesi n. sp. Batten 1995 snail
Baylea knighti Weller 1929 snail | |
Yunnania sp. Mansuy 1912 snail | |
Colpites minutus Sayre 1930 snail
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) judithae Knight 1933 snail | |
Trachydomia turbonitella n. sp.
Trachydomia turbonitella n. sp. Batten 1995 snail | |
"Stegocoelia (Donaldospira) nodosa n. sp." = Donaldospira nodosa, "Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) percostata" = Hypergonia percostata
"Stegocoelia (Donaldospira) nodosa n. sp." = Donaldospira nodosa Batten 1995 snail
"Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) percostata" = Hypergonia percostata Girty 1939 snail | |
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) copei" = Taosia copei White 1881 snail
Stegocoelia (Taosia) crenulata Girty 1939 snail
Orthonema salteri Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
"Stegocoelia (Goniasma) lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Stegocoelia (Goniasma) lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail | |
Dendropupa sp. Owen 1861 snail
Dendropupa vetusta Dawson 1860 snail | |
Anthracopupa ohioensis Whitfield 1881 snail | |
Girtyspira minuta Stevens 1858 snail
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Pseydozygopleura (Stephanozyga) subnodosa, Pseydozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) williamsi" = Levizygopleura williamsi
Pseydozygopleura (Stephanozyga) subnodosa Knight 1930 snail
Pseydozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) williamsi" = Levizygopleura williamsi Knight 1930 snail | |
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) muricatus" = Amphiscapha muricata
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) muricatus" = Amphiscapha muricata Knight 1934 snail | |
Anomphalus verruculiferus White 1881 snail | |
Cyclites cf. multilineata Girty 1908 snail
Microdoma conicum Meek and Worthen 1867 snail
"Microdoma gavinae" = Euconodoma gavinae Kues 1990 snail |