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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"? Polycoelia sp." = Calophyllum
"? Polycoelia sp." = Calophyllum Dana 1846 horn coral | |
? Campophyllum texanum n. sp.
? Campophyllum texanum n. sp. Shumard 1859 horn coral | |
Demospongiae | |
? Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella popeana Prout 1858 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Spirifer guadalupensis n. sp.
Spirifer guadalupensis n. sp. Shumard 1859 | |
""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus, "Spirifer mexicanus n. sp." = Cartorhium mexicanum
""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
"Spirifer mexicanus n. sp." = Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858 | |
"Spirifer sulcifera n. sp." = Spiriferella sulcifer
"Spirifer sulcifera n. sp." = Spiriferella sulcifer Shumard 1858 | |
"Retzia meekana" = Hustedia meekana
"Retzia meekana" = Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858 | |
""Terebratula" perinflata n. sp." = Dielasmina perinflata
""Terebratula" perinflata n. sp." = Dielasmina perinflata Shumard 1859 | |
"Spiriferina billingsii" = Paraspiriferina billingsi
"Spiriferina billingsii" = Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858 | |
"Camarophoria ? schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi
"Camarophoria ? schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835 | |
"Rhynchonella" guadalupae n. sp.
"Rhynchonella" guadalupae n. sp. Shumard 1858 | |
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata
"Rhynchonella indentata" = Strigirhynchia indentata Shumard 1859 | |
"Camerophoria swalloviana n. sp." = Anteridocus swallovianus
"Camerophoria swalloviana n. sp." = Anteridocus swallovianus Shumard 1859 | |
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Aulosteges guadalupensis n. sp." = Echinosteges guadalupensis
"Aulosteges guadalupensis n. sp." = Echinosteges guadalupensis Shumard 1858 | |
Crania permiana n. sp.
Crania permiana n. sp. Shumard 1859 | |
""Productus" ? semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
""Productus" ? semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 | |
""Productus" ? leplayi" = Retaria leplayi de Verneuil 1845
"Productus" ? calhounianus Swallow 1858
"Productus" mexicanus n. sp. Shumard 1858 | |
Productus pileolus n. sp.
Productus pileolus n. sp. Shumard 1858 | |
"Productus popei n. sp." = Liosotella popei
"Productus popei n. sp." = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858 | |
"Chonetes" ? flemingi Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Myalina" ? squamosa clam
Myalina ? recta Shumard 1858 clam | |
""Monotis" ? speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
""Monotis" ? speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
? Monotis sp. Bronn 1830 scallop | |
"Pleurophorus" ? occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864 clam | |
? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam | |
Edmondia ? suborbiculata Swallow 1858 clam | |
"Axinus securus n. sp." = Schizodus securus
"Axinus securus n. sp." = Schizodus securus Shumard 1859 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
""Turbo" ? helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina
""Turbo" ? helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
"Chemnitzia swalloviana n. sp." = Zygopleura swalloviana
"Chemnitzia swalloviana n. sp." = Zygopleura swalloviana Shumard 1859 snail | |
""Pleurotomaria" halliana n. sp." = Euconospira halliana
""Pleurotomaria" halliana n. sp." = Euconospira halliana Shumard 1859 snail | |
Ostracoda | |
? Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
"Phillipsia perannulata n. sp." = Anisopyge perannulata
"Phillipsia perannulata n. sp." = Anisopyge perannulata Shumard 1858 trilobite | |
Foraminifera | |
"Fusulina" elongata n. sp.
"Fusulina" elongata n. sp. Shumard 1858 | |
Orthisina | |