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Talpa, Texas, USA

FormationTalpa
Age:279 - 272 Ma
Permian
IntervalKungurian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
B.E.G. 199-T13-P22Runnels County, Texas, USATalpa
SeymourBaylor County, Texas, USATalpa
Mitchell Creek B/a MCBacBaylor County, Texas, USATalpa
Colorado RiverRunnels County, Texas, USATalpa

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Belle Plains290 - 252 Ma
Permian
shale, "shale"/mudstone, "siliciclastic"59
Clyde - Grape Creek290 - 279 Ma
Permian
siliciclastic, "limestone"62
Lueders279 - 272 Ma
Permian
sandstone/siltstone, "siliciclastic", "limestone"45

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Costellarina costellata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Aulostegidae : Costellarina : Costellarina costellata279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Acrodus olsoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus olsoni279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Acrodus sweetlacruzensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus sweetlacruzensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Polyacrodus wichitaensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Polyacrodontidae : Polyacrodus : Polyacrodus wichitaensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Ephippioceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippioceratidae : Ephippioceras279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Tainoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Tainoceras279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Knightites maximus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Knightites : Knightites maximus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Worthenia speciosa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Worthenia : Worthenia speciosa279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

References

Miller A. K., Youngquist W. (1949) American Permian nautiloids, Geological Society of America Memoir 41, 1-218
Yochelson E. L. (1960) Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119 4, 208-293
Muir-Wood H., Cooper G. A. (1960) Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda), Geological Society of America Memoir 81, 1-447
Johnson G. D. (1981) Hybodontoidei (Chondrichthyes) from the Wichita-Albany Group (Early Permian) of Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 1, 1-41
Batten R. L. (1989) Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae, American Museum Novitates 2958, 1-64
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