USGS 2969 green, southern Delaware Mountains (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.4° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Delaware Mountain Formation, Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Black limestone near middle of Delaware Mountain Formation

• 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 108835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Cladopora" tubulata Girty 1908 tabulate coral
"Cladopora" spinulata Girty 1908 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
"Aulopora" sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Lindstroemiidae
"Lindstroemia" cf. permiana Girty 1908 horn coral
Hexactinellida
  - Stromatidiidae
Stromatidium typicale n. gen. n. sp.
Stromatidium typicale n. gen. n. sp. Girty 1908 glass sponge
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae
Coenocystis richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Coenocystis richardsoni n. gen. n. sp. Girty 1908 Sea lily
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Cymatochitonidae
Cymatochiton texanus n. sp. Girty 1908 chiton
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria texana n. sp." = Apachella texana
"Pleurotomaria texana n. sp." = Apachella texana Girty 1908 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia "sp. a" d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
? Murchisonia "sp. b" d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" elderi n. sp. Girty 1908 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"Pseudomelania" "sp. b" Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia cf. americana Girty 1908 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" "sp. c" Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon cf. politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus
"Parallelodon cf. politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Girty 1908 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina lamellosa4 McRoberts and Newell 2005 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
""Pteria" richardsoni" = Cassiavellia richardsoni
""Pteria" richardsoni" = Cassiavellia richardsoni Girty 1908 oyster
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana
"Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana Girty 1908
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp. King 1844
 Productida -
Scapharina rugosa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus cf. walcottianus" = Costispinifera walcottiana, Productus "sp. d"
"Productus cf. walcottianus" = Costispinifera walcottiana Girty 1908
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Micraphelia scitula1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Orthotetes guadalupensis" = Ombonia guadalupensis
"Orthotetes guadalupensis" = Ombonia guadalupensis Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Derbyia crenulata Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
"Spiriferina cf. pyramidalis" = Sarganostega pyramidalis
"Spiriferina cf. pyramidalis" = Sarganostega pyramidalis Girty 1908
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina cf. evax" = Paraspiriferina evax, "Spiriferina cf. billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi
"Spiriferina cf. evax" = Paraspiriferina evax Girty 1908
"Spiriferina cf. billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferina cf. welleri" = Reticulariina welleri, "Spiriferina cf. laxa" = Reticulariina laxa
"Spiriferina cf. welleri" = Reticulariina welleri Girty 1908
"Spiriferina cf. laxa" = Reticulariina laxa Girty 1908
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina polypleurus" = Arionthia polypleura
"Spiriferina polypleurus" = Arionthia polypleura Girty 1908
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia bipartita Girty 1908
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis sp.2, "Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata
"Notothyris ovata" = Timorina ovata Girty 1908
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
"Pugnax gratiosa" = Bryorhynchus gratiosum, "? Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum
"Pugnax gratiosa" = Bryorhynchus gratiosum Girty 1908
"? Pugnax bisulcata" = Bryorhynchus bisulcatum Shumard 1858
ssp. seminuloides
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella "sp. a" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. b" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. c" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. e" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. f" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella texana n. sp. Girty 1908
"Fenestrellina girtyi" = Minilya girtyi3 Elias 1937
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
? Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata, "Domopora vittata" = Girtypora vittata, "Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis, "Domopora incrustans n. sp." = Girtyporina incrustans
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1908
"Domopora vittata" = Girtypora vittata Girty 1908
"Domopora terminalis" = Girtypora terminalis Girty 1908
"Domopora incrustans n. sp." = Girtyporina incrustans Girty 1908
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata Shumard 1858 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Miltonellidae
Miltonella shupei5 Sohn 1950 ostracod
Protrete
  -
Protrete texanus n. gen. n. sp.
Protrete texanus n. gen. n. sp.