USGS 2967 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 33.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cutoff Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Basal black limestone below Delaware Mountain sandstone

• 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 108832: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora cf. granulosa
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia cf. papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata
"Hustedia cf. papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mexicana
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes "sp. c"
Enteletes "sp. c" Waldheim 1825
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
"Pugnax pusilla" = Petasmatherus pusillus
"Pugnax pusilla" = Petasmatherus pusillus Girty 1908
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Aulosteges "sp. a", Aulosteges "sp. b"
Aulosteges "sp. a" von Helmersen 1847
Aulosteges "sp. b" von Helmersen 1847
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum
Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella multilirata n. sp., Meekella attenuata
Meekella multilirata n. sp. Girty 1908
Meekella attenuata Girty 1908
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten "sp. a"
Aviculopecten "sp. a" M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia" sp.
"Yoldia" sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
? Clinopistha cf. levis, "? Solenomya sp." = Solemya
? Clinopistha cf. levis Meek and Worthen 1870 Awning Clam
"? Solenomya sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" "sp. a", "Nucula" "sp. b"
"Nucula" "sp. a" Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula" "sp. b" Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
"Foordiceras praecursor" = Pleuronautilus praecursor
"Foordiceras praecursor" = Pleuronautilus praecursor Girty 1908 nautiloid
 Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
"Agathiceras texanum n. sp." = Texoceras texanum
"Agathiceras texanum n. sp." = Texoceras texanum Girty 1908 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Paraceltites elegans
Paraceltites elegans Girty 1908 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema" inconspicuum n. sp.
"Loxonema" inconspicuum n. sp. Girty 1908 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrochilina" modesta n. sp.
"Macrochilina" modesta n. sp. Girty 1908 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria strigillata" = Apachella pseudostrigillata
"Pleurotomaria strigillata" = Apachella pseudostrigillata Girty 1934 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Anisopyge antiqua" = Delaria antiqua, Anisopyge perannulata
"Anisopyge antiqua" = Delaria antiqua Girty 1908 trilobite
Anisopyge perannulata Shumard 1858 trilobite