PBDB Collection

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	Cystothalamia nodulifera, Guadalupia zitteliana Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1909 demosponge Guadalupia zitteliana 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
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae	"Domopora hillana n. sp." = Girtypora hillana, "Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata "Domopora hillana n. sp." = Girtypora hillana Girty 1909 "Domopora ocellata" = Girtypora ocellata Girty 1909
Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae	Meekopora sp. Meekopora sp.
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	"Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis, Fistulipora sp. "Fistulipora guadalupensis" = Fistulipora grandis guadalupensis Girty 1909 Fistulipora grandis var. guadalupensis Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Acanthocladia guadalupensis Acanthocladia guadalupensis Girty 1909
Rhynchonellata
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Composita mexicana, Composita cf. affinis Composita mexicana Hall 1857 Composita cf. affinis Girty 1909
Athyridida - Neoretziidae	Hustedia pugilla³, "Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata, Hustedia bipartita Hustedia pugilla³ Cooper and Grant 1976 "Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858 Hustedia bipartita Girty 1909
Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae	"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum "Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum Girty 1909
Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae	Texarina elongata³ Texarina elongata³ Cooper and Grant 1976
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
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Anomaloria anomala⁴ Anomaloria anomala⁴ Cooper and Grant 1969
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
Strophomenata
Productida - Lyttoniidae	"Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana "Leptodus americanus" = Collemataria americana Girty 1909
Productida - Cyclacanthariidae	Cyclacantharia kingorum² Cyclacantharia kingorum² Cooper and Grant 1969
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 - Productellidae	"Productus rugatulus" = Costispinifera rugatula "Productus rugatulus" = Costispinifera rugatula Girty 1909 Productus subhorridus var. rugatulus
Productida - Strophalosiidae	"Strophalosia hystricula n. sp." = Heteralosia hystricula "Strophalosia hystricula n. sp." = Heteralosia hystricula Girty 1909
Orthotetida - Meekellidae	"Orthotetes distortus" = Geyerella americana, Meekella skenoides "Orthotetes distortus" = Geyerella americana Girty 1909 Meekella skenoides 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
Gastropoda
Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae	"Pleurotomaria" cf. richardsoni "Pleurotomaria" cf. richardsoni Girty 1909 snail
Bivalvia
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
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	? Parallelodon sp., Parallelodon multistriatus ? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam Parallelodon multistriatus Girty 1909 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Astartella nasuta Astartella nasuta Girty 1909 clam

¹Cooper and Grant 1974; ²Cooper and Grant 1975; ³Cooper and Grant 1976; ⁴Cooper and Grant 1976