Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wedin Member (Cathedral Mountain Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: 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 105746: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Diplanus lamellatus King 1931
Derbyia complicata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Echinauris irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Compressoproductus thomasi Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Xenosteges adherens, Chonosteges pulcher, Rhamnaria tenuispinosa, Institella leonardensis, Agelesia triagonalis
Xenosteges adherens Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges pulcher Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
Institella leonardensis King 1931
Agelesia triagonalis King 1931 | |
Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916 | |
Choanodus irregularis Cooper and Grant 1974
Collemataria irregularis Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhipidomella hispidula Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Acosarina mesoplatys King 1931 | |
Enteletes plummeri King 1931 | |
Metriolepis larina Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Cartorhium latum King 1931
Cartorhium coristum Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Hustedia spicata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Composita bucculenta Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Chondronia bella Cooper and Grant 1976 |