USNM722f, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.3° 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

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 105814: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina nana, Composita sp., Composita crassa
Cleiothyridina nana Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Composita crassa Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis ziczac
Metriolepis ziczac Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina mesoplatys
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus seminudus
Anteridocus seminudus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Chondronia ovalis
Chondronia ovalis Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Taphrosestria peculiaris
Taphrosestria peculiaris Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Edriosteges compactus
Edriosteges compactus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
? Echinauris sp.
? Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia laqueata
Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974