USGS 2906 green, Butterfield Trail, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Lower portion of the Capitan limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia "sp. a" Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Orthotetes guadalupensis" = Ombonia guadalupensis
"Orthotetes guadalupensis" = Ombonia guadalupensis Girty 1908
 Productida - Rigbyellidae
Rigbyella girtyi n. sp.3 Wanner and Sieverts 1935
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp.1 King 1844
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus capitanensis" = Thamnosia capitanensis
"Productus capitanensis" = Thamnosia capitanensis Girty 1908
Productus semireticulatus var. capitanensis
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferina welleri" = Reticulariina welleri
"Spiriferina welleri" = Reticulariina welleri Girty 1908
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina evax" = Paraspiriferina evax
"Spiriferina evax" = Paraspiriferina evax Girty 1908
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
"Martinia rhomboidalis" = Martinia rhomboidalis, "Martinia shumardiana" = Martinia rhomboidalis
"Martinia rhomboidalis" = Martinia rhomboidalis Girty 1908
"Martinia shumardiana" = Martinia rhomboidalis Girty 1908
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Eliva shumardi" = Aequalicosta shumardi2
"Eliva shumardi" = Aequalicosta shumardi2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Anomaloria anomala2, "Squamularia subquadrata" = Astegosia subquadrata
Anomaloria anomala2 Cooper and Grant 1969
"Squamularia subquadrata" = Astegosia subquadrata Girty 1908
Squamularia guadalupensis var. subquadrata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Pugnax elegans" = Tautosia elegans
"Pugnax elegans" = Tautosia elegans Girty 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
"Rhynchonella longaeva" = Fascicosta longaeva
"Rhynchonella longaeva" = Fascicosta longaeva Girty 1908
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia cf. papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata, "Hustedia trigonalis" = Thedusia trigonalis
"Hustedia cf. papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858
"Hustedia trigonalis" = Thedusia trigonalis Girty 1908
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema shumardi Girty 1908
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata, "Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1908
"Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis Girty 1908
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten sublaqueatus" = Girtypecten sublaqueatus
"Aviculopecten sublaqueatus" = Girtypecten sublaqueatus Girty 1908 scallop
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata n. gen. Shumard 1858 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Cladopora" spinulata Girty 1908 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
"Amplexus" sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral