USNM732u, Sierra del Norte, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.2° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified conglomerate

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 106114: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Eumedlicottia whitneyi1
Eumedlicottia whitneyi1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Neoaganides sp.2
Neoaganides sp.2 Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli1
Perrinites hilli1 Smith 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Prostacheoceras sp.1
Prostacheoceras sp.1 Ruzhencev 1937 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer mansuetus1, Lepidospirifer demissus1
Neospirifer mansuetus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Lepidospirifer demissus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris1
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris1 George 1932
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Edriosteges multispinosus1, Chonosteges sp.1, Rhamnaria tenuispinosa1
Edriosteges multispinosus1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Chonosteges sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Collemataria gregaria1, Eolyttonia pocillata1
Collemataria gregaria1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Eolyttonia pocillata1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Hercosia uddeni1
Hercosia uddeni1 Bose 1916
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Acritosia sp.1
Acritosia sp.1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Anemonaria sublaevis1
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris sp.1, Rugatia paraindica1
Echinauris sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rugatia paraindica1 McKee 1938
 Productida - Productidae
Peniculauris subcostata1
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.1
Derbyia sp.1 Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica1
Meekella calathica1 Cooper and Grant 1974
1Cooper and Grant 1977; 2Frest et al. 1981