USNM721y, Gilliland Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

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 102604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata1 Shumard 1858 trilobite
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi6
"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi6 Smith 1976 chiton
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Prospondylus acinetus4 Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Eocamptonectes papillatus5 Girty 1908 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893
Hustedia consuta2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.2 Brown 1849
Composita crassa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita pilula2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.2 Fredericks 1916
Reticulariina craticula2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis ziczac2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer thescelus" = Spiriferalaria thescelus2, Neospirifer bakeri2
"Neospirifer thescelus" = Spiriferalaria thescelus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer bakeri2 King 1931
ssp. bakeri
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris2
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris2 George 1932
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma calvatum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Stenoscisma camurum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Stenoscisma bonum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus seminudus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Tautosia sp.2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Petasmatherus pumilus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Texarina wordensis2 King 1931
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.2 King 1856
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Taphrosestria peculiaris2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Taphrosestria expansa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Cyclacantharia paucispinosa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Cyclacantharia transitoria2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Hercosestria cribrosa2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia chaotica2 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Xenosteges magnus2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Edriosteges compactus2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida -
Rhytisia rugosa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Paucispinifera sulcata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Paucispinifera costellata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Liosotella costata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Holotricharina hirsuta2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia auriculata2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productidae
Yakovlevia sulcata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Rugatia paraindica2 McKee 1938
Echinauris lappacea2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris crassa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris irregularis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.2 Waagen 1884
Derbyia cincinnata2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia informis2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia complicata2 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Bothrostegium derbyoideum2 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lepidocrania tardispinosa2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Adlatipora sp.3 Gautier et al. 2013