USNM706b, Hess Canyon, Glass Mtns. (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Word Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Lens, approximately 2 feet thick, between Willis Ranch and Appel Ranch Members.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; shelly/skeletal, red, sandy packstone and shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone

• Middle to outer shelf.
• Pink, recrystallized packstone and dark gray wackestone.

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 43550: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

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).
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Undulella nundulata5
Small 5-8 mm; 5 A, 1 PV, 1 BV
unclassified
  -
Kalodomia rugosa4
Large 4 cm; Museum ID
Foraminifera
 Fusilinida -
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida4
"Fusulinida indet." = Fusilinida4 Wedekind 1937
Museum ID
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.4 horn coral
Museum ID
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata3 Shumard 1858 trilobite
1 pygidium
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Thedusia procera5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 44 A, 10 PV, 11 BV
Hustedia pugilla pluscula5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-10 mm; 1585 A, 277 PV, 405 BV
Hustedia sculptilis5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-10 mm; 1 PV, 1 BV
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.5 Brown 1849
Large 1-2 cm; 4 A, 12 PV, 22 BV
Composita enormis5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 452 A, 451 PV, 470 BV
Composita parasulcata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 65 A, 35 PV, 74 BV
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.5 Kuhn 1949
3 A, 2 PV
 Rhynchonellida - Paranorellidae
Paranorella "sp. 1"5 Cloud 1944
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 8 PV, 9 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 2 PV, 1 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Cenorhynchia fracida5 Cooper and Grant 1976
30 A, 5 PV, 6 BV
Wellerella girtyi girtyi5 Cooper and Grant 1976
ssp. girtyi; Medium 8-12 mm; 12 A, 4 PV, 2 BV
Tautosia transenna5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-15 mm; 67 A, 9 PV, 15 BV
Phrenophoria subcarinata5 Cooper and Grant 1969
Large 1-2 cm; 22 A, 24 PV, 34 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Allorhynchus permianum wordense5 Cooper and Grant 1976
26A, 6 PV, 9 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Petasmatherus opulus5 Cooper and Grant 1969
Tiny 5 mm; 503 A, 36 PV, 55 BV
Ptygmactrum spiculatum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Tiny <5 mm; 1 A, 1 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora palumbula5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 43 A, 12 PV, 16 BV
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma renode5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 208 A, 340 PV, 114 BV
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spiriferinaella scalpata" = Johncarteria scalpata5
"Spiriferinaella scalpata" = Johncarteria scalpata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
V. large 2-4 cm; 1 A, 13 PV, 5 BV
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris tholiaphor n. sp." = Orbicoelia tholiaphor5
"Crurithyris tholiaphor n. sp." = Orbicoelia tholiaphor5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 60 PV, 2 BV
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella gravis5 Cooper and Grant 1976
V. large 1-3 cm; 84 A, 3231 PV, 440 BV
Spiriferella levis5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 113 PV, 5 BV
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium chelomatum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
9 A, 47 PV, 67 BV
Neospirifer amphigyus5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-12 mm; 1 A, 9 PV, 4 BV
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris conara5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 11 A, 110 PV, 98 BV
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris venusta5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Tiny 5 mm; 1 PV, 1 BV
Glossothyropsis rectangulata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 1 PV, 1 BV
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Texarina elongata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 9 A, 1 PV, 2 BV
Heterelasma sp.5 Girty 1909
Small 5-8 mm; 1 PV
Heterelasma concavum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 17 A, 6 PV, 4 BV
Heterelasma solidum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 1 PV
Heterelasma pentagonum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 3 A
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Ectoposia wildei5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1.5 cm; 1 A
Dielasma sp.5 Beede and Rogers 1900
Small 5-8 mm; 13 A, 4 PV, 8 BV
Dielasma compactum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 3 PV, 1 BV
Dielasma adamanteum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-12 mm; 6 A, 1 PV, 7 BV
Dielasma gracile5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 126 A, 17 PV, 27 BV
Dielasma zebratum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-10 mm; 9 A
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Pseudodielasma ovatum5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 5-8 mm; 12 A, 13 PV, 24 BV
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina rotundata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Small 8-10 mm; 14 A, 18 PV, 25 BV
Paraspiriferina laqueata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-15 mm; 5 A, 13 PV, 12 BV
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina "sp. 1"5 Fredericks 1916
Medium 8-15 mm; 12 A, 7 PV, 12 BV
Reticulariina cerina5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-15 mm; 259 A, 348 PV, 459 BV
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis pulvinata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Medium 8-12 mm; 6 A, 2 PV, 3 BV
Spiriferellina hilli5 Girty 1909
Small 5-8 mm; 13 A, 32 PV, 21 BV
Spiriferellina paucicostata5 Cooper and Grant 1976
Large 1-2 cm; 1 A
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Costispinifera rugatula5 Girty 1909
V. large 2-3 cm; 2 PV
Costispinifera costata5 King 1931
Large 1-2 cm; 10 PV, 4 BV
Echinauris sp.5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 1 A, 10 PV, 5 BV
Echinauris lateralis5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Large 1-2 cm; 74 A, 385 PV, 256 BV
Bothrionia nasuta5 Cooper and Grant 1975
7A, 5 PV, 22 BV
Bothrionia transversa5 Cooper and Grant 1975
1A, 6 PV
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus "sp. 2"5 Sarytcheva 1960
Large 1-2 cm; 3 PV
Compressoproductus rarus5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-2 cm; 3 PV
"Cancrinella expansa" = Costatumulus expansa5 Cooper and Grant 1975
7 PV
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Grandaurispina gibbosa5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-2 cm; 44 A, 352 PV, 163 BV
Megousia definita5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 1 PV
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella wordensis5 King 1931
Large 1-2 cm; 126 A, 443 PV, 317 BV
Liosotella parva5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-2 cm; 1 PV
Liosotella tetragonalis5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-2 cm; 65 A, 294 PV, 129 BV
Paucispinifera sp.5
Large 1-3 cm; 2 PV
Paucispinifera transversa5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-3 cm; 1 A
Paucispinifera auriculata5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Large 1-2 cm; 8 A, 95 PV, 28 BV
Paucispinifera quadrata5 Cooper and Grant 1975
V. large 2-4 cm; 534 A, 899 PV, 513 BV
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha magnifica5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia hystricula5 Girty 1909
Medium 8-10 mm; 281 A, 3769 PV, 964 BV
 Productida - Cooperinidae
Cooperina inexpectata5 Termier et al. 1966
Tiny 5 mm; 7 A, 35 PV
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Echinosteges tuberculatus5 King 1931
Large 1-4 cm; 11 A, 76 PV, 96 BV
Xenosteges quadratus5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Medium 8-12 mm; 13 A, 181 PV, 142 BV
Rhamnaria kingorum5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
V. large 2-4 cm; 63 A, 890 PV, 1324 BV
Ctenalosia fixata5 Cooper and Stehli 1955
Tiny 5 mm; 1 BV
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Collemataria elongata5 Cooper and Grant 1974
V. large; 7 A, 192 PV, 54 BV
Eolyttonia progressa5 Cooper and Grant 1974
V. large; 1 A, 7 PV, 1 BV
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum5 Cooper and Grant 1969
V. large 2-6 cm; 270 A, 1548 PV, 30 BV
Cyclacantharia kingorum agaricoidea5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Small 0.5-2 cm; 14 A, 1 PV
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella skenoides5 Girty 1909
Large 1-3 cm; 47 A, 305 PV, 376 BV
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma anthicum5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Large 1-3 cm; 1 A, 14 PV, 10 BV
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.5 Waagen 1884
V. large 4 cm; 1 BV
Derbyia texta5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Large 1-2 cm; 1 A, 60 PV, 32 BV
Derbyia filosa5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Large 1-4 cm; 19 A, 424 PV, 489 BV
Derbyia pannucia5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Huge > 5 cm; 2 A, 71 PV, 153 BV
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Leurosina lata5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 12 PV, 11 BV
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 2 PV
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus5 Cooper and Grant 1975
V. large 2-3 cm; 682 A, 685 PV, 581 BV
Dyoros (Dyoros) planiextensus5 Cooper and Grant 1975
V. large 2-3 cm; 472 A, 1651 PV, 1142 BV
Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus5 Cooper and Grant 1975
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 4 A, 7 PV, 3 BV
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lepidocrania sublamellosa5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Medium 8-10 mm; 1 A
Petrocrania teretis5 Cooper and Grant 1974
Small 5-8 mm; 28 Upper cap-shaped valves
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.4 Ehrenberg 1831
Ramose bryozoa, Abundant; Museum ID
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Adlatipora sp.6 Gautier et al. 2013
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet.4 Elias and Condra 1957
Rare; Museum ID
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras girtyi7 Böse 1919 ammonite
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi11
"Pterochiton arthurcooperi" = Schematochiton arthurcooperi11 Smith 1976 chiton
1 tail valve
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 clam
2 RV; Museum ID
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalinidae indet.4 Frech 1891 clam
1 LV, 2 RV; Museum ID
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pegmavalvula gloveri8 Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop
2 RV
Prospondylus acinetus8 Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop
5 LV
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Obliquipecten granti10 Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Cyrtorostra varicostata10 Branson 1930 scallop
27 LV, 21 RV
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten cheni10 Newell and Boyd 1985 scallop
2 LV
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Girtypecten sublaqueatus10 Girty 1909 scallop
1 RV
Heteropecten vanvleeti10 Beede 1902 scallop
1 LV
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten coloradoensis10 Newberry 1861 scallop
1 LV
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopectinella spinifera10 Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop
1 LV
 Pectinida - Permanomiidae
Permanomia texana8 Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop
1 LV
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten yini10 Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp.5 Hall 1883 oyster
7 LV, 1 RV
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.4 Chavan 1954 clam
3 LV; Museum ID
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
? Cypricardinia sp.4 Hall 1860 clam
2 LV, 2 RV; Museum ID
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.4 de Koninck 1841 clam
2 LV; Museum ID
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.4 Hall 1858 clam
4 LV, 3 RV; Museum ID
 Trigoniida - Costatoriidae
Procostatoria sexaradiata4 clam
2 LV; Museum ID
Procostatoria gloveri10 Newell and Boyd 1975 clam
1 LV, 6 RV
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Heteroschizodus macomoides9 Newell and Boyd 1975 clam
2 LV
Schizodus texanus9 Clifton 1942 clam
1 A, 2 RV
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus levatiformis5 Walcott 1884 nut clam
1 LV, 1 RV
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Museum ID
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulitidae indet.4 Lindström 1884 snail
Museum ID
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
? Tapinotomaria sp.4 Batten 1956 snail
Museum ID
Tapinotomaria coronata1 Batten 1958 snail
Eirlysia reticulata1 Batten 1958 snail
Discotomaria sp.4 Batten 1956 snail
Museum ID
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira delicata2, "Glyptotomaria (Glyptotomaria) pistra" = Dictyotomaria pistra1, Lacunospira sp.4, Apachella huecoensis2
Peruvispira delicata2 Chronic 1949 snail
"Glyptotomaria (Glyptotomaria) pistra" = Dictyotomaria pistra1 Batten 1958 snail
Lacunospira sp.4 Batten 1958 snail
Museum ID
Apachella huecoensis2 Batten 1989 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus sp.4 de Koninck 1881 snail
Museum ID
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.4 Conrad 1840 snail
Museum ID
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Sallya cf. striata4 Yochelson 1956 snail
Museum ID
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites sp.4 Yochelson 1956 snail
Museum ID
Babylonites carinatus n. gen. n. sp.14 Yochelson 1956 snail
Babylonites conicus n. gen.14 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Discotropis publicus n. gen.14 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.4 M'Coy 1844 snail
Museum ID
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet.13 M'Coy 1851 snail
Museum ID
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum15 Yochelson 1960 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) bowsheri n. sp." = Orthonychia bowsheri14
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) bowsheri n. sp." = Orthonychia bowsheri14 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Pleurotomariacea -
"Pleurotomariacea indet." = Pleurotomarioidea4
"Pleurotomariacea indet." = Pleurotomarioidea4 Swainson 1840 snail
Tiny; Museum ID
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
? Stegocoelia sp.4 Donald 1889 snail
Museum ID
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
? Meekospira sp.4 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Museum ID
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Eotiaris guadalupensis12 Thompson 2017 pencil urchin
Spines and plates
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.4 Miller 1821 Sea lily
Common, large (<1cm); Museum ID