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Admiral - Wildcat Creek, Coleman County, Texas, USA

Formation	Admiral
Member	Wildcat Creek
Age:	290 - 279 Ma Permian
Interval	Artinskian
Lithology	shale, lime mudstone/"shale"
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	36

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
USGS 9802	Coleman County, Texas, USA	Admiral - Wildcat Creek
B.E.G. 42-T-18	Coleman County, Texas, USA	Admiral - Wildcat Creek
Plummer 42-T-18-111.1	Coleman County, Texas, USA	Admiral - Wildcat Creek
B.E.G. 42-T-20	Coleman County, Texas, USA	Admiral - Wildcat Creek

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Agathiceras applini species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Agathiceratidae : Agathiceras : *Agathiceras applini*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Almites sellardsi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Marathonitidae : Almites : *Almites sellardsi*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Juresanites colemanensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Metalegoceratidae : Juresanites : *Juresanites colemanensis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Stenolobulites admiralensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Paragastrioceratidae : Stenolobulites : *Stenolobulites admiralensis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Properrinites boesei species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perrinitidae : Properrinites : *Properrinites boesei*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Stenopoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Grypoceratidae : *Stenopoceras*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Foordiceras ornatissimum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Koninckioceratidae : Foordiceras : *Foordiceras ornatissimum*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Liroceras globulare species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Liroceratidae : Liroceras : *Liroceras globulare*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Metacoceras cheneyi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Metacoceras : *Metacoceras cheneyi*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Akmilleria adkinsi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Medlicottiidae : Akmilleria : *Akmilleria adkinsi*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Neopronorites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pronoritidae : *Neopronorites*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Pseudorthoceras knoxense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Pseudorthoceratidae : Pseudorthoceras : *Pseudorthoceras knoxense*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Bitaunioceras texanum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : Bitaunioceras : *Bitaunioceras texanum*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : *Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : *Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Yochelsonellisa eximia species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Yochelsonellisa : *Yochelsonellisa eximia*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Euphemitopsis multinodosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemitopsis : *Euphemitopsis multinodosa*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Warthia crassus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Warthia : *Warthia crassus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) gigantea species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Amphiscapha : *Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) gigantea*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Euomphalus cornudanus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Euomphalus : *Euomphalus cornudanus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Worthenia speciosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Worthenia : *Worthenia speciosa*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Permoconcha tabulata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Portlockiellidae : Permoconcha : *Permoconcha tabulata*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian

References

Plummer F. B., Scott G. (1937) Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas, The University of Texas Bulletin 3701, 1-516

Miller A. K., Youngquist W. (1947) Lower Permian cephalopods from the Texas Colorado River valley, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Mollusca 1, 1-15

Miller A. K., Youngquist W. (1949) American Permian nautiloids, Geological Society of America Memoir 41, 1-218

Yochelson E. L. (1956) Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110 3, 173-276

Batten R. L. (1958) Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 2. Pleurotomariacea: Portlockiellidae, Phymatopleuridae, and Eotomariidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114 2, 153-246

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

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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