USNM707, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 319

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sullivan Peak Member (Skinner Ranch Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Leonardian (Hessian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; 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 43558: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2004

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
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Geyerella hessi2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella caperata2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella hessensis2 King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta2 Girty 1908
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Oncosarina spinicostata2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella limbata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Chonosteges limbatus2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella titan2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia gigantea2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma hadrum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria voluminosa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Antronaria emarginata2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp.2 Waldheim 1825
Enteletes rotundobesus2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium zoyei2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita apheles2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Triproetus altasulcus1 Brezinski 1992 trilobite