Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Road Canyon Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• Lower Road Canyon Formation. Lower part of formation contains conodont Mesogondolella idahoensis lamberti, indicating a Kungurian age according to Henderson & Mei (2003).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; black, gray 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 43517: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
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"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi16
"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi16 Smith 1976 chiton 17 Head valves, 95 Intermediate valves, 20 Tail valves
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Gastropoda | |
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) kaibabensis" = Euomphalus kaibabensis19
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Byzantia obliqua n. gen.11
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Euphemites imperator20, Euphemites crenulatus20, Euphemites aequisulcatus20, Euphemites exquisitus20, Warthia welleri20
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"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) plummeri" = Waagenella plummeri20, "Bellerophon (? Pharkidonotus) sp." = Pharkidonotus20, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) deflectus" = Bellerophon deflectus20, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli20, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum20, "Knightites (Retispira) modesta" = Retispira modesta20
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Peruvispira delicata2, Apachella turbiniformis2, Apachella franciscana2, Apachella exaggerata2, Apachella nodosa2, Ananias labrectus2, Ananias ootomaria2, "Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) coronatum" = Glabrocingulum coronatum2, Shwedagonia elegans1, "Glyptotomaria (Glyptotomaria) pistra" = Dictyotomaria pistra1, Callistadia bella2
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Eirlysia exquisita1, Worthenia tabulata2, Worthenia crenulata2, Tapinotomaria costata1, Tapinotomaria crassa1
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"Euconospira pulchra" = Spiroscala quasipulchra1
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Bivalvia | |
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Novaculapermia boydi n. gen.12
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Craniata | |
Lepidocrania tardispinosa n. gen.5
Lepidocrania tardispinosa n. gen.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchopora hebetata5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Stenoscisma calvatum5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Pontisia stehlii n. sp.5
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Petasmatherus pumilus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Ptygmactrum extensum n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Neophricadothyris crassibecca n. sp.5
Neophricadothyris crassibecca n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Crurithyris minutalis n. sp." = Cruricella minutalis5
"Crurithyris minutalis n. sp." = Cruricella minutalis5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Composita crassa n. sp.5
Composita crassa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Hustedia connorsi n. sp.5, Hustedia cuneata n. sp.5, Hustedia consuta n. sp.5, Hustedia ampullacea n. sp.5, Thedusia mesocostata5
Hustedia connorsi n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia cuneata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia consuta n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia ampullacea n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Thedusia mesocostata5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Metriolepis tegulata n. gen. n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferellina tricosa5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Reticulariina pristina n. sp.5
Reticulariina pristina n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Acosarina mesoplatys5 King 1931 | |
Pseudodielasma sp.5 Brill 1940 | |
Dielasma expansum n. sp.5
Dielasma expansum n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Glossothyropsis superba n. sp.5
Glossothyropsis superba n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Texarina wordensis5 King 1931 | |
Strophomenata | |
Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Dyoros) angulatus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus n. sp.5
Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) angulatus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Cyclacantharia paucispinosa n. sp.5
Cyclacantharia paucispinosa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Hercosestria cribrosa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
Collemataria sp. n. gen.5
Collemataria sp. n. gen.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Anemonaria sublaevis5 King 1931
Paucispinifera sulcata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Rugatia mckeei5, Rugatia incurvata5, Echinauris sp.5, Echinauris liumbona n. sp.5, Echinauris irregularis n. sp.5, Echinauris bella n. sp.5, Echinauris parva n. sp.5, "Kutorginella sullivanensis" = Retaria sullivanensis5
Rugatia mckeei5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Rugatia incurvata5 King 1931
Echinauris sp.5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Echinauris liumbona n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris irregularis n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris bella n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinauris parva n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Kutorginella sullivanensis" = Retaria sullivanensis5 King 1931 | |
Peniculauris costata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Horridonia texana" = Sowburia texana5 King 1931
Yakovlevia immatura5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Waagenoconcha convexa5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Megousia auriculata5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Holotricharina hirsuta n. gen. n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Grandaurispina "sp. 1"5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhamnaria vinnula5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Xenosteges magnus5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Derbyia complicata n. sp.5, Derbyia cincinnata n. sp.5, Derbyia informis n. sp.5, Derbyia laqueata n. sp.5
Derbyia complicata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia cincinnata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia informis n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Bothrostegium compactum n. gen. n. sp.5
Bothrostegium compactum n. gen. n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Niviconia globosa n. gen.5 King 1931
Meekella calathica n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Trilobita | |
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Ostracoda | |
Roundyella dorsopapillosa n. sp.18
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"Kirkbya wordensis n. sp." = Aurikirkbya wordensis9, Aurikirkbya auriformis n. sp.17, Aurikirkbya barbarae n. sp.17, Coronakirkbya fimbriata n. gen. n. sp.18, Kirkbya sp.18
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Cavellina ellipticalis n. sp.9
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Paraparchites marathonensis n. sp.9
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"Coryellina indicata n. sp." = Coryellites indicata18, "Bairdia guadalupiana n. sp." = Orthobairdia guadalupiana9, "Bairdia wordensis n. sp." = Ceratobairdia wordensis9, Ceratobairdia dorsospinosa n. gen. n. sp.18, "Bairdia aff. spinosa" = Schyroconcha spinosa18, Bairdia permiana n. sp.9, Bairdia subfusiformis n. sp.9, Bairdia pruniseminata n. sp.18, Bairdia rhomboidalis n. sp.9
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"Polytylites digitatus n. sp." = Buekkella digitata18
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Alveus depressus n. gen. n. sp.9
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Hexactinellida | |
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Demospongiae | |
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"Polysiphonia flabellatum" = Polysiphoneudea7
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Guadalupia cupulosa n. sp.8
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