USGS 2966 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

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 108831: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita emarginata
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
"Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata
"Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata Girty 1908
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Heterelasma shumardianum
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma cf. spatulatum
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora guadalupensis, Fistulipora guadalupae n. sp.
Fistulipora guadalupensis Girty 1908
Fistulipora grandis var. guadalupensis
Fistulipora guadalupae n. sp. Girty 1908
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora richardsoni
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
"Domopora cf. ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata
"Domopora cf. ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1908
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia guadalupensis
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestrellina girtyi" = Minilya girtyi
"Fenestrellina girtyi" = Minilya girtyi Elias 1937
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"Leioclema" cf. shumardi
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
"? Patella capitanensis n. sp." = Lepetopsis capitanensis
"? Patella capitanensis n. sp." = Lepetopsis capitanensis Girty 1908
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" richardsoni n. sp.
"Pleurotomaria" richardsoni n. sp. Girty 1908 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pteria guadalupensis" = Leptodesma guadalupensis
"Pteria guadalupensis" = Leptodesma guadalupensis Girty 1908 oyster
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia nodulifera, "Amblysiphonella guadalupensis n. sp." = Cystothalamia guadalupensis
Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1908 demosponge
"Amblysiphonella guadalupensis n. sp." = Cystothalamia guadalupensis Girty 1908 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
? Sollasia sp.
? Sollasia sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge