USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: China Tank Member (Word Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: 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 108862: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia zitteliana, Cystothalamia nodulifera
Guadalupia zitteliana Girty 1909 demosponge
Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1909 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
"Amplexus" sp.
"Amplexus" sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
""Zaphrentis" sp." = Zaphrenthis
""Zaphrentis" sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lindstroemiidae
"Lindstroemia" permiana
"Lindstroemia" permiana Girty 1909 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Cladopora" spinulata
"Cladopora" spinulata Girty 1909 tabulate coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus rugatulus" = Costispinifera rugatula
"Productus rugatulus" = Costispinifera rugatula Girty 1909
Productus subhorridus var. rugatulus
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus meekanus" = Grandaurispina meekana
"Productus meekanus" = Grandaurispina meekana Girty 1909
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus comancheanus n. sp." = Paucispinifera comancheana
"Productus comancheanus n. sp." = Paucispinifera comancheana Girty 1909
Productus guadalupensis var. comancheanus
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum2
Cyclacantharia kingorum2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana
"Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana Girty 1909
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia hystricula n. sp." = Heteralosia hystricula
"Strophalosia hystricula n. sp." = Heteralosia hystricula Girty 1909
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella skenoides, "Orthotetes distortus" = Geyerella americana
Meekella skenoides Girty 1909
"Orthotetes distortus" = Geyerella americana Girty 1909
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus pygmaeum n. sp." = Tropidelasma pygmaeum, "Tropidelasma pygmaeum" = Tropidelasma pygmaeum1
"Streptorhynchus pygmaeum n. sp." = Tropidelasma pygmaeum Girty 1909
"Tropidelasma pygmaeum" = Tropidelasma pygmaeum1 Girty 1909
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Texarina elongata3
Texarina elongata3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum Girty 1909
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes "sp. a", Enteletes "sp. b", Enteletes globosus n. sp.
Enteletes "sp. a" Waldheim 1825
Enteletes "sp. b" Waldheim 1825
Enteletes globosus n. sp. Girty 1909
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina hilli n. sp." = Spiriferellina hilli
"Spiriferina hilli n. sp." = Spiriferellina hilli Girty 1909
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina cf. billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi
"Spiriferina cf. billingsi" = Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Anomaloria anomala4
Anomaloria anomala4 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata, Hustedia pugilla3, Hustedia bipartita
"Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858
Hustedia pugilla3 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia bipartita Girty 1909
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cf. affinis, Composita mexicana
Composita mexicana Hall 1857
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia guadalupensis
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
"Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis, Fistulipora sp.
"Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis Girty 1909
Fistulipora grandis var. guadalupensis
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata, "Domopora hillana n. sp." = Girtypora hillana
"Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1909
"Domopora hillana n. sp." = Girtypora hillana Girty 1909
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Meekopora sp.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon sp., Parallelodon multistriatus
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
""Pteria" squamifera n. sp." = Cassiavellia squamifera
""Pteria" squamifera n. sp." = Cassiavellia squamifera Girty 1909 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten "sp. b", Aviculopecten "sp. c"
Aviculopecten "sp. b" M'Coy 1851 scallop
Aviculopecten "sp. c" M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten sublaqueatus" = Girtypecten sublaqueatus
"Aviculopecten sublaqueatus" = Girtypecten sublaqueatus Girty 1909 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella nasuta
Astartella nasuta Girty 1909 clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" cf. richardsoni
1Cooper and Grant 1974; 2Cooper and Grant 1975; 3Cooper and Grant 1976; 4Cooper and Grant 1976