Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Willis Ranch Member (Word Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• Equivalent to top of Third Limestone Member of P.B. King. Conodont Jinogondolella nankingensis nankingensis indicates Roadian age (Henderson & Mei, 2003).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 43553: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004, edited by Sabine Nürnberg and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Stratispongia cinctuta n. gen.6
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Thecostraca | |
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Trilobita | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Euchondria cooperi n. sp.16
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Cephalopoda | |
"Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras10
"Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras10 Girty 1912 | |
"Metacoceras cf. gregarium" = Pleuronautilus gregarius10 Miller 1945
Cooperoceras texanum n. gen. n. sp.10 Miller 1945 | |
"Pseudogastrioceras roadense" = Roadoceras roadense11, "Atsabites multiliratus" = Anatsabites multiliratus4
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"Adrianites adamsi" = Metacrimites adamsi11
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"Medlicottia burckhardti" = Eumedlicottia burckhardti11
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Gastropoda | |
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"Platyceras (Orthonychia) bowsheri" = Orthonychia bowsheri18
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) bowsheri" = Orthonychia bowsheri18 Yochelson 1956 snail 10 Variant 1; 3 Variant 2
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Stenolaemata | |
Adlatipora sp.8 Gautier et al. 2013 | |
Craniata | |
Lepidocrania sublamellosa4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Petrocrania teretis n. sp.4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Acanthocrania intermedia4 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Ectoposia wildei4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Dielasma sp.4 King 1856
Dielasma compactum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Dielasma zebratum4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Pseudodielasma sp.4, Pseudodielasma sulcatum4, Pseudodielasma lobatum4, Pseudodielasma gibberum4, Pseudodielasma ovatum4, Pseudodielasma minor4, Pseudodielasma subcirculare4, Pseudodielasma pingue4
Pseudodielasma sulcatum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Pseudodielasma lobatum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Pseudodielasma gibberum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Pseudodielasma ovatum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Pseudodielasma minor4 King 1931
Pseudodielasma subcirculare4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Pseudodielasma pingue4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Glossothyropsis rectangulata4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Texarina elongata4, Texarina oblongata4, Heterelasma concavum4, Heterelasma solidum4, Heterelasma pentagonum4
Texarina elongata4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Texarina oblongata4 Cooper and Grant 1969
Heterelasma concavum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Heterelasma solidum4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Heterelasma pentagonum4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor4
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Neospirifer amphigyus4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Spiriferella calcarata4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella gravis4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Rhynchopora palumbula4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Allorhynchus triangulatum4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Petasmatherus opulus4 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
Cenorhynchia fracida4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Tautosia transenna4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Phrenophoria subcarinata4 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
? Acolosia anomala n. sp.4 Cooper and Grant 1976
? Lirellaria "sp. 1"4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Leiorhynchoidea sp.4 Cloud 1944
Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Paranorella "sp. 1"4 Cloud 1944 | |
Stenoscisma sp.4 Conrad 1839
Stenoscisma renode4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Metriolepis pulvinata4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferellina hilli4 Girty 1909 | |
Reticulariina sp.4 Fredericks 1916
Reticulariina senticosa4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Paraspiriferina sp.4 Reed 1944
Paraspiriferina laqueata4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Paraspiriferina setulosa4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Cleiothyridina rara4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita parasulcata4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita enormis4 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Thedusia procera4 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia sp.4 Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Strophomenata | |
Pseudoleptodus sp.4 Stehli 1956
Collemataria elongata4 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Cyclacantharia kingorum3 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
Grandaurispina elongata4, Grandaurispina kingorum4, Grandaurispina bella4, Cancrinella subquadrata4, Megousia definita4, Megousia flexuosa4
Grandaurispina elongata4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Grandaurispina kingorum4 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Grandaurispina bella4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Cancrinella subquadrata4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia definita4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia flexuosa4 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Waagenoconcha magnifica4 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Bothrionia transversa4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Costispinifera costata4 King 1931
Echinauris lateralis4 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Yakovlevia hessorum4 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Liosotella parva4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Liosotella wordensis4 King 1931
Paucispinifera magnispina4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Paucispinifera auriculata4 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Heteralosia hystricula4 Girty 1909 | |
Cooperina inexpectata4 Termier et al. 1966 | |
Xenosteges quadratus4, Echinosteges tuberculatus4, Rhamnaria kingorum n. gen. n. sp.12, Cactosteges anomalus4
Xenosteges quadratus4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Echinosteges tuberculatus4 King 1931
Rhamnaria kingorum n. gen. n. sp.12 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cactosteges anomalus4 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Leurosina lata4, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis4, Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus4, Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus4, Undulella undulata4
Leurosina lata4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus4 Cooper and Grant 1975
Undulella undulata4 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
Derbyia sp.4 Waagen 1884
Derbyia texta4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia pannucia4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia filosa4 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Meekella skenoides4 Girty 1909 | |
Tropidelasma anthicum4 Cooper and Grant 1974 |