PBDB Collection

USNM710d, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wedin Member (Cathedral Mountain Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Leonardian (Cathedralian)

• 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 43609: 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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Strophomenata
Productida - Aulostegidae	Agelesia triagonalis², Chonosteges variabilis², Institella leonardensis² Agelesia triagonalis² King 1931 Chonosteges variabilis² Cooper and Grant 1975 Institella leonardensis² King 1931
Productida - Productellidae	Echinauris sp.² Echinauris sp.² Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Productida - Lyttoniidae	Eolyttonia sp.² Eolyttonia sp.² Frederiks 1924
Orthotetida - Derbyiidae	Derbyia crenulata², Diplanus lamellatus² Derbyia crenulata² Girty 1908 Diplanus lamellatus² King 1931
Orthotetida - Meekellidae	Meekella hessensis² Meekella hessensis² King 1931
Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Enteletidae	Enteletes sp.² Enteletes sp.² Waldheim 1825
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella sp.² Rhipidomella sp.²
Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae	"Worthenia arizonensis" = Biarmeaspira arizonensis¹, "Worthenia multilineata" = Biarmeaspira multilineata¹ "Worthenia arizonensis" = Biarmeaspira arizonensis¹ Winters 1963 snail "Worthenia multilineata" = Biarmeaspira multilineata¹ Batten 1989 snail
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	Soleniscus variabilis³, Cylindritopsis spheroides n. sp.³, Labridens shupei³ Soleniscus variabilis³ Erwin 1988 snail Cylindritopsis spheroides n. sp.³ Erwin 1988 snail Labridens shupei³ Yochelson 1956 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Apachella franciscana¹, Apachella translirata¹, Apachella exaggerata¹, Ananias permianus¹, Ananias labrectus¹, Ananias ootomaria¹ Apachella franciscana¹ Chronic 1952 snail Apachella translirata¹ Winters 1956 snail Apachella exaggerata¹ Batten 1989 snail Ananias permianus¹ Batten 1989 snail Ananias labrectus¹ Batten 1989 snail Ananias ootomaria¹ Batten 1989 snail
Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae	Worthenia kingi¹, Worthenia pilula¹, Worthenia corrugata¹ Worthenia kingi¹ Batten 1989 snail Worthenia pilula¹ Batten 1989 snail Worthenia corrugata¹ Chronic 1952 snail
Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae	Ceraunocochlis deformis n. sp.³, Girtyspira yodai n. sp.⁴ Ceraunocochlis deformis n. sp.³ Erwin 1988 snail Girtyspira yodai n. sp.⁴ Erwin 1988 snail
Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae	Orthonema paedice n. sp.⁴ Orthonema paedice n. sp.⁴ Erwin 1988 snail
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Annuliconchidae	Annuliconcha dentata⁵, Annuliconcha interlineata⁵ Annuliconcha dentata⁵ Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop Annuliconcha interlineata⁵ Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop
Pectinida - Heteropectinidae	Girtypecten sublaqueatus⁵ Girtypecten sublaqueatus⁵ Girty 1908 scallop
Pectinida - Streblochondriidae	Streblopteria montpelierensis⁵ Streblopteria montpelierensis⁵ Girty 1910 scallop
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Pernopecten yini⁵ Pernopecten yini⁵ Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop

¹Batten 1989; ²Cooper and Grant 1977; ³Erwin 1988; ⁴Erwin 1988; ⁵Newell and Boyd 1995