White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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, white limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by George G. Shumard in 1855

• Shumard's specimens were destroyed in a fire

Primary reference: B. F. Shumard. 1858. Notice of new fossils from the Permian strata of New Mexico and Texas, collected by Dr. George G. Shumard, geologist of the United States Government expedition for obtaining water by means of artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, under the direction of Capt John Pope, US Corps Topographic Engineers. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:290-297 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133736: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
"Fusulina" elongata n. sp.
"Fusulina" elongata n. sp. Shumard 1858
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
""Turbo" ? helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina
""Turbo" ? helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Chemnitzia swalloviana n. sp." = Zygopleura swalloviana
"Chemnitzia swalloviana n. sp." = Zygopleura swalloviana Shumard 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
""Pleurotomaria" halliana n. sp." = Euconospira halliana
""Pleurotomaria" halliana n. sp." = Euconospira halliana Shumard 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia ? suborbiculata
Edmondia ? suborbiculata Swallow 1858 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cardiomorpha sp.
? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus" ? occidentalis
"Pleurophorus" ? occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
"Axinus securus n. sp." = Schizodus securus
"Axinus securus n. sp." = Schizodus securus Shumard 1859 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina" ? squamosa, Myalina ? recta
Myalina ? recta Shumard 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Monotidae
? Monotis sp.
? Monotis sp. Bronn 1830 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
""Monotis" ? speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
""Monotis" ? speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria ? schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi
"Camarophoria ? schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835
 Rhynchonellida -
"Rhynchonella" guadalupae n. sp.
"Rhynchonella" guadalupae n. sp. Shumard 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sp.
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Camerophoria swalloviana n. sp." = Anteridocus swallovianus
"Camerophoria swalloviana n. sp." = Anteridocus swallovianus Shumard 1859
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirifer guadalupensis n. sp.
Spirifer guadalupensis n. sp. Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer sulcifera n. sp." = Spiriferella sulcifer
"Spirifer sulcifera n. sp." = Spiriferella sulcifer Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer mexicanus n. sp." = Cartorhium mexicanum, ""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer mexicanus n. sp." = Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858
""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Retzia meekana" = Hustedia meekana
"Retzia meekana" = Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina billingsii" = Paraspiriferina billingsi
"Spiriferina billingsii" = Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Terebratula" perinflata n. sp." = Dielasmina perinflata
""Terebratula" perinflata n. sp." = Dielasmina perinflata Shumard 1859
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes" ? flemingi
"Chonetes" ? flemingi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida -
Crania permiana n. sp.
Crania permiana n. sp. Shumard 1859
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus popei n. sp." = Liosotella popei
"Productus popei n. sp." = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858
 Productida -
Productus pileolus n. sp.
Productus pileolus n. sp. Shumard 1858
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus" ? calhounianus, "Productus" mexicanus n. sp., ""Productus" ? leplayi" = Retaria leplayi
"Productus" mexicanus n. sp. Shumard 1858
""Productus" ? leplayi" = Retaria leplayi de Verneuil 1845
 Productida - Productidae
""Productus" ? semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
""Productus" ? semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges guadalupensis n. sp." = Echinosteges guadalupensis
"Aulosteges guadalupensis n. sp." = Echinosteges guadalupensis Shumard 1858
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella popeana
Fenestella popeana Prout 1858
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Phillipsia perannulata n. sp." = Anisopyge perannulata
"Phillipsia perannulata n. sp." = Anisopyge perannulata Shumard 1858 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
? Bairdia sp.
? Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Campophyllidae
? Campophyllum texanum n. sp.
? Campophyllum texanum n. sp. Shumard 1859 horn coral
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
"? Polycoelia sp." = Calophyllum
"? Polycoelia sp." = Calophyllum Dana 1846 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
? Chaetetes sp.
? Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge
Orthisina
  -
"Orthisina" sp.