USNM701f, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3471

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uddenites-bearing Shale Member (Gaptank Formation), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Virgilian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• limestone beds with shaly intervals; possibly of biohermal origin but not expressed as a mound

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1972. Permian brachiopods of west Texas, I. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 14:1-231 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43477: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• A variety of papers list the brachiopods, nearly all gastropods, most bivalves (except primarily Paleotaxodonts), trilobites, chitons, siliceous sponges, rugose corals (only from Gaptank and Asselian/Sakmarian formations).
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Strophomenata
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella triangulata2
Scacchinella triangulata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sulcata2
Hystriculina sulcata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia "sp. 2"2
Reticulatia "sp. 2"2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris subquadrata2, Nudauris splendens2
Echinauris subquadrata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Nudauris splendens2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinaria cf. moorei2, Juresania "sp. 1"2
Echinaria cf. moorei2 Dunbar and Condra 1932
Juresania "sp. 1"2 Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp.2
Linoproductus sp.2 Chao 1927
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei2
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia carteri2
Derbyia carteri2 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana2
Meekella texana2 King 1931
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa2
Neophricadothyris transversa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer apothescelus2
Neospirifer apothescelus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.2
Composita sp.2 Brown 1849
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Parenteletes cooperi2
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
"Marathonites ganti" = Cardiella ganti2
"Marathonites ganti" = Cardiella ganti2 Smith 1903 ammonite
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Metoptoma texana4
Metoptoma texana4 Yochelson 1960
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Euconospira pulchra" = Spiroscala quasipulchra1, Euconospira varizona1, Euconospira spiroperforata n. sp.1
"Euconospira pulchra" = Spiroscala quasipulchra1 Karapunar and Nützel 2022 snail
Euconospira varizona1 Batten 1958 snail
Euconospira spiroperforata n. sp.1 Batten 1958 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis "sp. B"3
Amplexizaphrentis "sp. B"3 Vaughan 1906 horn coral
1Batten 1958; 2Cooper and Grant 1977; 3Ross and Ross 1963; 4Yochelson 1960