USNM725p, El Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; 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 105904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Collemataria sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma trabeatum Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita affinis Girty 1908
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia opsia Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae