USNM726s, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: China Tank Member (Word Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 105933: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella skenoides Girty 1908
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Megousia mucronata Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Paucispinifera auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma renode Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora palumbula Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis pulvinata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia pugilla Cooper and Grant 1976
ssp. nasiterna
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita enormis Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer amphigyus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella embrithes Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Enteletidae