USNM721r, Hill 5674, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 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 105807: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Waagenoceras dieneri1 Böse 1919 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Byzantia obliqua n. gen.2 Kosnik 1997 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten coloradoensis4 Newberry 1861 scallop
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus canalis3 Branson 1930 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia consuta1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita crassa1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina venustula1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer thescelus" = Spiriferalaria thescelus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer mansuetus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer bakeri1 King 1931
ssp. bakeri
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris crassibecca1 Cooper and Grant 1976
"Neophricadothyris cordata" = Permophricodothyris cordata1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Phrenophoria ? nudumbona1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia transitoria1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges costellatus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha convexa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Holotricharina hirsuta1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia auriculata1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Rugatia occidentalis1 Newberry 1861
ssp. parvauris
Rugatia paraindica1 McKee 1938
Spinarella perfecta1 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Kutorginella sullivanensis" = Retaria sullivanensis1 King 1931
Echinauris sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Echinauris lappacea1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia laqueata1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Micraphelia sp.1 Cooper and Grant 1969
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensiformis1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Lissosia) parvus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) lateralis1 Cooper and Grant 1975