USNM717e, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

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
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia complicata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus thomasi Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Xenosteges adherens Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges pulcher Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Choanodus irregularis Cooper and Grant 1974
Collemataria irregularis Cooper and Grant 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hispidula Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis larina Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium latum King 1931
Cartorhium coristum Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia spicata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita bucculenta Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Chondronia bella Cooper and Grant 1976