PBDB Collection

USNM725c, Hill 4402, Baylor Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Culberson County, Texas (31.3° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 34.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Spring Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• 130 feet above Hueco Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• bioclastic shell heap deposits and thanatocoenoses, maybe from reef margin

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

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 75863: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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 - Scacchinellidae	Scacchinella americana¹ Scacchinella americana¹ Stehli 1954
Productida - Aulostegidae	Limbella victorioensis¹ Limbella victorioensis¹ Stehli 1954
Productida - Productidae	Spinifrons quadrata¹ Spinifrons quadrata¹ Stehli 1954
Productida - Productellidae	Fimbrinia ovata¹, Thamnosia parvispinosa¹, Kozlowskia kingi¹ Fimbrinia ovata¹ Cooper and Grant 1975 Thamnosia parvispinosa¹ Stehli 1954 Kozlowskia kingi¹ Stehli 1954
Productida - Cyclacanthariidae	Acritosia peculiaris¹, "Teguliferina conida" = Planispina conida¹ Acritosia peculiaris¹ Cooper and Grant 1975 "Teguliferina conida" = Planispina conida¹ Stehli 1954
Productida - Lyttoniidae	Collemataria americana¹, Collemataria marshalli¹, Sceletonia crassa¹ Collemataria americana¹ Girty 1908 Collemataria marshalli¹ Stehli 1954 Sceletonia crassa¹ Cooper and Grant 1974
Orthotetida - Derbyiidae	Derbyia sp.¹, Derbyia nasuta¹, Diplanus lamellatus¹ Derbyia sp.¹ Waagen 1884 Derbyia nasuta¹ Girty 1908 Diplanus lamellatus¹ King 1931
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Goniarina permiana¹ Goniarina permiana¹ Stehli 1954
Orthotetida - Meekellidae	Meekella attenuata¹, Meekella angustiplicata¹, Meekella hessensis¹, Meekella intermedia¹ Meekella attenuata¹ Girty 1908 Meekella angustiplicata¹ Cooper and Grant 1974 Meekella hessensis¹ King 1931 Meekella intermedia¹ Cooper and Grant 1974
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	"Chonetinella magna" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) magna¹, Dyoros (Dyoros) consanguineus¹, Dyoros (Dyoros) magnus¹ "Chonetinella magna" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) magna¹ Cooper and Grant 1975 Dyoros (Dyoros) consanguineus¹ Girty 1929 Dyoros (Dyoros) magnus¹ Stehli 1954
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Elythidae	"Neophricadothyris catatona" = Phricodothyris catatona¹, "Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris¹ "Neophricadothyris catatona" = Phricodothyris catatona¹ Cooper and Grant 1976 "Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris¹ George 1932
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	"Crurithyris inflata" = Orbicoelia inflata¹, Crurithyris sulcata¹ "Crurithyris inflata" = Orbicoelia inflata¹ Stehli 1954 Crurithyris sulcata¹ Stehli 1954
Athyridida - Neoretziidae	Hustedia sp.¹, Hustedia hessensis¹ Hustedia sp.¹ Hall and Clarke 1893 Hustedia hessensis¹ King 1931
Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae	Crenispirifer angulatus¹ Crenispirifer angulatus¹ King 1931
Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae	Pontisia nanas¹, Antronaria indentata¹, Antronaria mesicostalis¹ Pontisia nanas¹ Stehli 1954 Antronaria indentata¹ Cooper and Grant 1976 Antronaria mesicostalis¹ Girty 1929
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	Dielasma sp.¹ Dielasma sp.¹ King 1856
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta¹ "Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta¹ Abich 1878
Orthida - Enteletidae	Enteletes stehlii¹ Enteletes stehlii¹ Cooper and Grant 1976
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella hessensis¹ Rhipidomella hessensis¹ King 1931
Polyplacophora
Neoloricata - Ochmazochitonidae	Ochmazochiton comptus n. gen.⁴ Ochmazochiton comptus n. gen.⁴ Hoare and Smith 1984 chiton
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Lophotichiidae	Lophotichium simulatum³, Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) tubaeformis³, Assimulia (Assimulia) abscessa³ Lophotichium simulatum³ Fedorowski 1987 horn coral Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) tubaeformis³ Fedorowski 1987 horn coral subsp. tubaeformis Assimulia (Assimulia) abscessa³ Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Stauriida - Diffingiidae	Diffingia collecticia n. gen.² Diffingia collecticia n. gen.² Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
Stauriida - Lophophyllidae	Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) erugum³ Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) erugum³ Fedorowski 1987 horn coral

¹Cooper and Grant 1977; ²Fedorowski 1985; ³Fedorowski 1987; ⁴Hoare and Smith 1984