USNM730q, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Base of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

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 106031: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora hebetata Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Kochiproductus sp. Dunbar 1955
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus thomasi Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha convexa Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae