Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wedin Member (Cathedral Mountain Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• Institella Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: 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 105687: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Strophomenata | |
Meekella calathica1 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Goniarina futilis1 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Diplanus lamellatus1 King 1931
Derbyia complicata1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia informis1 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus1 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Xestosia schucherti1 King 1931
Echinauris sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Echinauris crassa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris irregularis1 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Compressoproductus thomasi1 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Xenosteges adherens1, Edriosteges multispinosus1, Chonosteges variabilis1, Chonosteges pulcher1, Rhamnaria tenuispinosa1, Institella leonardensis1, Agelesia triagonalis1
Xenosteges adherens1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Edriosteges multispinosus1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges variabilis1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Chonosteges pulcher1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Institella leonardensis1 King 1931
Agelesia triagonalis1 King 1931 | |
Hercosia uddeni1 Bose 1916 | |
? Pseudoleptodus "sp. 6"1, Choanodus perfectus1, Choanodus irregularis1, Coscinophora hortoni1, Collemataria irregularis1
? Pseudoleptodus "sp. 6"1 Stehli 1956
Choanodus perfectus1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Choanodus irregularis1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Coscinophora hortoni1 King 1931
Collemataria irregularis1 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenoscisma doricranum1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Rhynchopora hebetata1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Rhipidomella hispidula1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Acosarina mesoplatys1 King 1931 | |
Enteletes plummeri1 King 1931 | |
Spiriferellina tricosa1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Metriolepis larina1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Reticulariina craticula1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Neospirifer mansuetus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium coristum1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata1
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Hustedia ampullacea1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia spicata1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Composita sp.1 Brown 1849
Composita bucculenta1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Dielasma obesum1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Dielasma perplexum1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Chondronia bella1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Texarina wordensis1 King 1931
Heterelasma gibbosum1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Heterelasma angulatum1 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Craniata | |
Petrocrania sp.1 Raymond 1910 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Septopora orientalis3 Bassler 1929 | |
Fenestella hilli3 Girty 1908 | |
? Rhombopora sp.3 Meek 1872 |