USNM708e, 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 1.1° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Poplar Tank Member (Skinner Ranch Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Upper Poplar Tank Member. 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 43586: 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).
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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Triproetus altasulcus1
Triproetus altasulcus1 Brezinski 1992 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Almites sellardsi2
Almites sellardsi2 Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
"Perrinites subcumminsi" = Paraperrinites subcumminsi2
"Perrinites subcumminsi" = Paraperrinites subcumminsi2 Haniel 1915 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus3
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus3 Yochelson 1960 snail
In taxonomic grid but not listed in text
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Metoptoma texana3
Metoptoma texana3 Yochelson 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia cepacea2
Hustedia cepacea2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita apheles2
Composita apheles2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium zoyei2
Cartorhium zoyei2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta2
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta2 Abich 1878
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma pansum2, Stenoscisma hadrum2
Stenoscisma pansum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Stenoscisma hadrum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria voluminosa2
Antronaria voluminosa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Plectelasma kingi2
Plectelasma kingi2 Cooper and Grant 1969
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Acritosia peculiaris2
Acritosia peculiaris2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia sp.2
Eolyttonia sp.2 Frederiks 1924
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria grandis2, Limbella limbata2, Chonosteges variabilis2, Glyptosteges angustus2
Rhamnaria grandis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Limbella limbata2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Chonosteges variabilis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella titan2
Scacchinella titan2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Oncosarina spinicostata2
Oncosarina spinicostata2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus parvus2
Compressoproductus parvus2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Peniculauris "sp. 1"2
Peniculauris "sp. 1"2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
Nudauris enigmatica2, Spyridiophora reticulata2
Nudauris enigmatica2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella hessensis2
Meekella hessensis2 King 1931
1Brezinski 1992; 2Cooper and Grant 1977; 3Yochelson 1960