USNM738c, Cibolo Ranch, Chinati Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (29.9° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 34.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Breccia Zone Member (Cibolo Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float), chemical,

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1972. Permian brachiopods of west Texas, I. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 14:1-231 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106162: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma robertsi Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella limbata Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella titan Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia irregularis Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma longisulcatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Medlicottia chozaensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite