USNM715f, Hill 5021, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sullivan Peak Member (Skinner Ranch Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; 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 105724: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Geyerella hessi Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Glyptosteges intricatus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella titan Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus parvus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Oncosarina spinicostata Cooper and Grant 1969
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma problematicum Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria voluminosa Cooper and Grant 1976
Antronaria titania Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita apheles Cooper and Grant 1976