USNM726x, Split Tank, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 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 105938: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia ampullacea, Hustedia spicata
Hustedia ampullacea Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia spicata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis tegulata
Metriolepis tegulata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia miranda
Martinia miranda Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer mansuetus
Neospirifer mansuetus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata
"Neophricadothyris bullata" = Permophricodothyris bullata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hispidula
Rhipidomella hispidula Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina mesoplatys
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Tautosia fastigiata
Tautosia fastigiata Cooper and Grant 1969
Strophomenata
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Hercosia uddeni
Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Loxophragmus ellipticus, Petasmaia expansa, Choanodus irregularis
Loxophragmus ellipticus Cooper and Grant 1974
Petasmaia expansa Cooper and Grant 1969
Choanodus irregularis Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria vinnula, Xenosteges adherens, Chonosteges variabilis, Institella leonardensis
Rhamnaria vinnula Cooper and Grant 1975
Xenosteges adherens Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges variabilis Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Kochiproductus sp.
Kochiproductus sp. Dunbar 1955
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris sp.
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cincinnata, Derbyia laqueata
Derbyia cincinnata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Goniarina "sp. 7"
Goniarina "sp. 7" Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella sp., Meekella calathica, Niviconia globosa
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974
Niviconia globosa King 1931
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus Cooper and Grant 1975
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lepidocrania tardispinosa, Acanthocrania sp.
Lepidocrania tardispinosa Cooper and Grant 1974
Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943