USNM701g, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Asselian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras uralicum (Karpinsky 1874)
Cooper and Grant 1977
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Paleowaagia cooperi Newell and Boyd 1970
Newell and Boyd 1970
(5 measurements)
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Damilinidae
Lepetopsis patella n. sp. Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 19 individuals
recombined as Novlepatella patella
(7 measurements)
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Metoptoma texana Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 1 individual
Lepetopsis informal sp. 1 Whitfield 1882
Yochelson 1960 1 individual
(1 measurement)
Lepetopsis informal sp. 2 Whitfield 1882
Yochelson 1960 1 individual
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 8 individuals
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Yochelson 1956 2 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia kingi Batten 1989
Batten 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira spiroperforata Batten 1958
Batten 1958 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Euconospira varizona Batten 1958
Batten 1958 2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) lupus Batten 1989
Batten 1989 2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Gosseletina permiana n. sp. Batten 1989
Batten 1989 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia kingi Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes wolfcampensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia kozlowskii King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 SA category
"Superabundant" (19 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia trita Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
ssp. leptyca
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Chondronia rectimarginata Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Lowenstamia informal sp. 1 Stehli 1961
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella magnifica Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 VA category
(25 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia profunda Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma culmenatum Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella wolfcampensis (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Acritosia magna Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
(1 measurement)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari (Moore and Jeffords 1941)
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Falsiamplexus elongatus Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° South, 36.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Neal Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Equivalent to bed 9, section 24 of P.B. King. Wolfcampian (Nealian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Taxonomic list comments:A variety of papers list the brachiopods, nearly all gastropods, most bivalves (except primarily Paleotaxodonts), trilobites, chitons, siliceous sponges, rugose corals (only from Gaptank and Asselian/Sakmarian formations).
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 344
Database number:43478
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Clapham, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 10:46:00 Last modified:2011-01-01 00:24:04
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-14 10:46:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11454. 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]

Secondary references:

11476 R. L. Batten. 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 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11473 R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11407 G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1977. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, VI. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 32:3161-3370 [T. Olszewski/K. Tracy/M. Clapham]
25624 J. Fedorowski. 1987. Upper Paleozoic rugose corals from southwestern Texas and adjacent areas: Gaptank Formation and Wolfcampian corals. Palaeontologia Polonica 48:3-271 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
19067 R. E. Grant. 1969. Brachiopods in the Permian Reef Environment of West Texas. Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention, Part J 1444-1481 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
11474 N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1970. Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143(4):221-281 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11481 E. L. Yochelson. 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 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11477 E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]