USNM731m, Gilliland Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Word Formation, Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 264.3 Ma)

• 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 106046: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Dyoros (Dyoros) convexus Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella skenoides Girty 1908
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Megousia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Productidae
Yakovlevia hessorum Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria kingorum Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
ssp. delicata
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer amphigyus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
 Orthida - Enteletidae