USNM723a, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° 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

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 105838: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Xenosteges magnus Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris minutalis" = Cruricella minutalis
"Crurithyris minutalis" = Cruricella minutalis Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer formulosus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant 1976
Petasmatherus nitidus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita crassa Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia consuta Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia connorsi Cooper and Grant 1976
Thedusia mesocostata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae