USNM726y, 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 105939: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) planus
Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) planus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella occidentalis, Meekella calathica
Meekella occidentalis Newberry 1861
Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus curtus
Compressoproductus curtus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Megousia umbonata, Megousia auriculata
Megousia umbonata Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Anemonaria sublaevis
 Productida - Productidae
Peniculauris subcostata, Kochiproductus "sp. 6"
 Productida - Productellidae
Nudauris linospina, Rugatia occidentalis, Rugatia paraindica, Echinauris irregularis, Thamnosia anterospinosa
Nudauris linospina Cooper and Grant 1975
Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
ssp. parvauris
Rugatia paraindica McKee 1938
Echinauris irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975
Thamnosia anterospinosa Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Hercosia uddeni
Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia circularis, Collemataria gregaria
Eolyttonia circularis Cooper and Grant 1974
Collemataria gregaria Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Edriosteges multispinosus, Rhamnaria tenuispinosa, Chonosteges variabilis
Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
Chonosteges variabilis Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma triquetrum
Stenoscisma triquetrum Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia stehlii
Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant 1969
ssp. stehlii
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita imbricata
Composita imbricata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Lepidospirifer angulatus, Lepidospirifer demissus, Neospirifer mansuetus
Lepidospirifer angulatus Cooper and Grant 1969
Lepidospirifer demissus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer mansuetus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina mesoplatys