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
Craniata | |
Lepidocrania tardispinosa n. gen.5
Lepidocrania tardispinosa n. gen.5 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhamnaria vinnula5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Xenosteges magnus5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Paucispinifera sulcata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Anemonaria sublaevis5 King 1931 | |
Yakovlevia immatura5 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Horridonia texana" = Sowburia texana5 King 1931
Peniculauris costata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Echinauris sp.5, Echinauris parva n. sp.5, Echinauris irregularis n. sp.5, Echinauris bella n. sp.5, Echinauris liumbona n. sp.5, "Kutorginella sullivanensis" = Retaria sullivanensis5, Rugatia incurvata5, Rugatia mckeei5
Echinauris sp.5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Echinauris parva 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 liumbona n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Kutorginella sullivanensis" = Retaria sullivanensis5 King 1931
Rugatia incurvata5 King 1931
Rugatia mckeei5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Waagenoconcha convexa5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Megousia auriculata5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Grandaurispina "sp. 1"5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Holotricharina hirsuta n. gen. 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 | |
Derbyia complicata n. sp.5, Derbyia informis n. sp.5, Derbyia laqueata n. sp.5, Derbyia cincinnata n. sp.5
Derbyia complicata 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
Derbyia cincinnata 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 | |
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus n. sp.5, Dyoros (Dyoros) angulatus n. sp.5
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) angulatus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Neophricadothyris crassibecca n. sp.5
Neophricadothyris crassibecca n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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"Crurithyris minutalis n. sp." = Cruricella minutalis5
"Crurithyris minutalis n. sp." = Cruricella minutalis5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Composita crassa n. sp.5
Composita crassa n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Thedusia mesocostata5, Hustedia consuta n. sp.5, Hustedia cuneata n. sp.5, Hustedia connorsi n. sp.5, Hustedia ampullacea n. sp.5
Thedusia mesocostata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia consuta n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia cuneata n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia connorsi n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia ampullacea n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Spiriferellina tricosa5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Metriolepis tegulata n. gen. n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Reticulariina pristina n. sp.5
Reticulariina pristina n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Rhynchopora hebetata5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Stenoscisma calvatum5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Petasmatherus pumilus n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Ptygmactrum extensum n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Pontisia stehlii n. sp.5
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Glossothyropsis superba n. sp.5
Glossothyropsis superba n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Texarina wordensis5 King 1931 | |
Pseudodielasma sp.5 Brill 1940 | |
Dielasma expansum n. sp.5
Dielasma expansum n. sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Acosarina mesoplatys5 King 1931 | |
Gastropoda | |
Byzantia obliqua n. gen.11
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"Bellerophon (? Pharkidonotus) sp." = Pharkidonotus20, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) plummeri" = Waagenella plummeri20, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum20, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli20, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) deflectus" = Bellerophon deflectus20, "Knightites (Retispira) modesta" = Retispira modesta20
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Warthia welleri20, Euphemites crenulatus20, Euphemites exquisitus20, Euphemites imperator20, Euphemites aequisulcatus20
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Apachella franciscana2, Apachella turbiniformis2, Apachella nodosa2, Apachella exaggerata2, Callistadia bella2, Ananias labrectus2, Ananias ootomaria2, "Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) coronatum" = Glabrocingulum coronatum2, Shwedagonia elegans1, "Glyptotomaria (Glyptotomaria) pistra" = Dictyotomaria pistra1, Peruvispira delicata2
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"Euconospira pulchra" = Spiroscala quasipulchra1
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Worthenia crenulata2, Worthenia tabulata2, Eirlysia exquisita1, Tapinotomaria costata1, Tapinotomaria crassa1
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"Straparollus (Euomphalus) kaibabensis" = Euomphalus kaibabensis19
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Bivalvia | |
Novaculapermia boydi n. gen.12
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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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Ostracoda | |
Roundyella dorsopapillosa n. sp.18
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Bairdia pruniseminata n. sp.18, Bairdia subfusiformis n. sp.9, Bairdia permiana n. sp.9, Bairdia rhomboidalis n. sp.9, "Bairdia aff. spinosa" = Schyroconcha spinosa18, "Coryellina indicata n. sp." = Coryellites indicata18, Ceratobairdia dorsospinosa n. gen. n. sp.18, "Bairdia wordensis n. sp." = Ceratobairdia wordensis9, "Bairdia guadalupiana n. sp." = Orthobairdia guadalupiana9
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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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Kirkbya sp.18, Aurikirkbya barbarae n. sp.17, Aurikirkbya auriformis n. sp.17, "Kirkbya wordensis n. sp." = Aurikirkbya wordensis9, Coronakirkbya fimbriata n. gen. n. sp.18
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Paraparchites marathonensis n. sp.9
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Cavellina ellipticalis n. sp.9
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Trilobita | |
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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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