USNM701v, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

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)

• Beds D and E of Cooper's section. Virgilian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

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 43488: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

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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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Marathonites sp.1
Marathonites sp.1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras sp.1
Schistoceras sp.1 Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Neopronorites sp.1
Neopronorites sp.1 Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp.1
Acosarina sp.1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Parenteletes cooperi1
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.1
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora molina1
Rhynchopora molina1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia kingi1
Pontisia kingi1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.1
Composita sp.1 Brown 1849
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer anancites1
Gypospirifer anancites1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Eridmatus marathonensis1
Eridmatus marathonensis1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Diplanus redactus1
Diplanus redactus1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma culmenatum1
Tropidelasma culmenatum1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella prionota1
Meekella prionota1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei1
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella triangulata1
Scacchinella triangulata1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella wolfcampensis1
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sulcata1, Hystriculina ventroplana1
Hystriculina sulcata1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Hystriculina ventroplana1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella sp.1, Linoproductus meniscus1
Linoproductus meniscus1 Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha prophetica1
Waagenoconcha prophetica1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia "sp. 2"1, Kochiproductus primitivus1
Reticulatia "sp. 2"1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Kochiproductus primitivus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia inflativentra1, Kutorginella uddeni1, Nudauris splendens1
Antiquatonia inflativentra1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Kutorginella uddeni1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Nudauris splendens1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes liratus1, "Chonetinella costellata" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) costellata1
Neochonetes liratus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Chonetinella costellata" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) costellata1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae
Pseudowannerophyllum solidum2
Pseudowannerophyllum solidum2 Ross and Ross 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum2, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari2, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum2
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari2 Moore and Jeffords 1941 horn coral
1Cooper and Grant 1977; 2Fedorowski 1987