USGS 2930 green, Pine Spring, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pinery Member (Bell Canyon Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Supposed to be from the "dark limestone" immediately above the sandstones of the Delaware Mountain Formation; some of it in place

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with silica

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. 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 108821: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Crania" sp. Retzius 1781
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus capitanensis" = Thamnosia capitanensis, "Productus" "sp. d"
"Productus capitanensis" = Thamnosia capitanensis Girty 1909
 Productida -
Scapharina levis1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus indentatus n. sp." = Paucispinifera indentata, Liosotella popei1, "Productus opimus n. sp." = Liosotella opima, "Liosotella opima" = Liosotella opima1
"Productus indentatus n. sp." = Paucispinifera indentata Girty 1909
Liosotella popei1 Shumard 1858
"Productus opimus n. sp." = Liosotella opima Girty 1909
"Liosotella opima" = Liosotella opima1 Girty 1909
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus limbatus n. sp." = Craspedona limbata, "Aulosteges guadalupensis" = Echinosteges guadalupensis
"Productus limbatus n. sp." = Craspedona limbata Girty 1909
"Aulosteges guadalupensis" = Echinosteges guadalupensis Shumard 1858
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Micraphelia scitula1, "Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus, "Chonetes hillanus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) hillanus
Micraphelia scitula1 Cooper and Grant 1969
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus Girty 1909
"Chonetes hillanus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) hillanus Girty 1909
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia "sp. a" Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma spatulatum, "Dielasmina guadalupensis" = Plectelasma guadalupense
"Dielasmina guadalupensis" = Plectelasma guadalupense Girty 1909
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
"Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata
"Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata Girty 1909
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia trigonalis" = Thedusia trigonalis Girty 1909
Hustedia rupinata2 Cooper and Grant 1976
"Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina polypleurus" = Arionthia polypleura
"Spiriferina polypleurus" = Arionthia polypleura Girty 1909
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferina cf. welleri" = Reticulariina welleri, "Spiriferina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa
"Spiriferina cf. welleri" = Reticulariina welleri Girty 1909
"Spiriferina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa Girty 1909
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi
"Spiriferina billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
"Pugnax gratiosa n. sp." = Bryorhynchus gratiosum, "Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum, "? Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum, "Pugnax osagensis" = Pugnoides osagensis
"Pugnax gratiosa n. sp." = Bryorhynchus gratiosum Girty 1909
"Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum Shumard 1858
"? Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum Shumard 1858
ssp. seminuloides
"Pugnax osagensis" = Pugnoides osagensis Swallow 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata, "Pugnax pinguis n. sp." = Phrenophoria pinguis, "Pugnax bidentata" = Wellerella bidentata
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata Shumard 1859
"Pugnax pinguis n. sp." = Phrenophoria pinguis Girty 1909
"Pugnax bidentata" = Wellerella bidentata Girty 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Pugnax swallowiana" = Anteridocus swallovianus
"Pugnax swallowiana" = Anteridocus swallovianus Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer "sp. a" Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Eliva shumardi" = Aequalicosta shumardi3
"Eliva shumardi" = Aequalicosta shumardi3 Cooper and Grant 1976
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella guadalupensis n. sp., "Fenestrellina girtyi n. sp." = Minilya girtyi4
Fenestella guadalupensis n. sp. Girty 1909
"Fenestrellina girtyi n. sp." = Minilya girtyi4 Elias 1937
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
"Domopora constricta n. sp." = Girtypora constricta, "Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata, "Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis, "Domopora vittata" = Girtypora vittata
"Domopora constricta n. sp." = Girtypora constricta Girty 1909
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1909
"Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis Girty 1909
"Domopora vittata" = Girtypora vittata Girty 1909
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844
Stenopora granulosa n. sp. Girty 1909
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
"Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis
"Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis Girty 1909
Fistulipora grandis var. guadalupensis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten sp.6 Chen 1962 scallop
Aviculopecten guadalupensis n. sp. Girty 1909 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Elversella rugosa5 McRoberts and Newell 2001 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus sulcifer" = Discotropis sulcifer
"Euomphalus sulcifer" = Discotropis sulcifer Girty 1909 snail
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris "sp. c" M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Archaeocidaris "sp. d" M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae
Polysiphon mirabilis n. gen. n. sp.
Polysiphon mirabilis n. gen. n. sp. Girty 1909 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Steinmannia cf. americana" = Colospongia americana
"Steinmannia cf. americana" = Colospongia americana Girty 1909 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lindstroemiidae
"Lindstroemia" sp. Nicholson and Thomson 1876 horn coral
"Lindstroemia" permiana Girty 1909 horn coral
"Lindstroemia" cylindrica n. sp. Girty 1909 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Cladopora" spinulata Girty 1909 tabulate coral