USNM731z, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Appel Ranch Member (Word Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 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 106054: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella clypeata
Spiriferella clypeata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris conara
Neophricadothyris conara Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Bryorhynchus plicatum, Leiorhynchoidea scelesta
Bryorhynchus plicatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Leiorhynchoidea scelesta Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella irregularis
Liosotella irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus nasutus
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Cancrinella distorta" = Costatumulus distortus
"Cancrinella distorta" = Costatumulus distortus Cooper and Grant 1975