USNM715b, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.2° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 36.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lenox Hills Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Near base of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 102612: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella wolfcampensis2
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sp.2, Hystriculina ventroplana2
Hystriculina sp.2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Hystriculina ventroplana2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia huecoensis2, "Antiquatonia costella" = Rigrantia costella2
"Antiquatonia costella" = Rigrantia costella2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris interrupta2, Kutorginella uddeni2, Spyridiophora compacta2, Nudauris convexa2
Echinauris interrupta2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Kutorginella uddeni2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Spyridiophora compacta2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Nudauris convexa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Linoproductus semisulcatus" = Coopericus semisulcatus2
"Linoproductus semisulcatus" = Coopericus semisulcatus2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Striatifera linoproductiformis" = Regrantia linoproductiformis2
"Striatifera linoproductiformis" = Regrantia linoproductiformis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei2
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.2
Derbyia sp.2 Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana2
Meekella texana2 King 1931
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp.2
Neochonetes sp.2 Muir-Wood 1962
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa2
Neophricadothyris transversa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer apothescelus2
Neospirifer apothescelus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris tumibilis" = Orbicoelia tumibilis2
"Crurithyris tumibilis" = Orbicoelia tumibilis2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita strongyle2
Composita strongyle2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.2
Hustedia sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.2, Stenoscisma peneleve2, Stenoscisma bellatulum2
Stenoscisma sp.2 Conrad 1839
Stenoscisma peneleve2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Stenoscisma bellatulum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.2
Beecheria sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia kozlowskii2
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Properrinites bakeri2
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Almites sellardsi2
Almites sellardsi2 Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Triproetus altasulcus1
Triproetus altasulcus1 Brezinski 1992 trilobite
1Brezinski 1992; 2Cooper and Grant 1977