USNM722h, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

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: slope; lithified limestone

• Skinner Ranch Fm. is slope to basinal equivalent of platformal Hess Formation.

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 75922: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.11.2007, 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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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Diffingiidae
Diffingia divisa2, Diffingia collecticia n. gen.2, Diffingia coita2, Turgidiffia columellata2, Turgidiffia composita n. gen.2
Diffingia divisa2 Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
Diffingia collecticia n. gen.2 Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
Diffingia coita2 Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
Turgidiffia columellata2 Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
Turgidiffia composita n. gen.2 Fedorowski 1985 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophotichiidae
Assimulia (Ericina) recrea3, Assimulia (Assimulia) flexibilis3, Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida3, Paraduplophyllum (Paraduplophyllum) oppositum3
Assimulia (Ericina) recrea3 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Assimulia (Assimulia) flexibilis3 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida3 Ross and Ross 1962 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.1, Composita apheles1, Composita bucculenta1, Cleiothyridina sp.1
Composita sp.1 Brown 1849
Composita apheles1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita bucculenta1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Cleiothyridina sp.1 Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.1, Hustedia cepacea1
Hustedia sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1893
Hustedia cepacea1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma hadrum1
Stenoscisma hadrum1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Phrenophoria "sp. 1"1
Phrenophoria "sp. 1"1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.1
Dielasma sp.1 King 1856
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hessensis1
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp.1
Enteletes sp.1 Waldheim 1825
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp.1, "Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta1
Acosarina sp.1 Cooper and Grant 1969
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta1 Abich 1878
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium zoyei1
Cartorhium zoyei1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris1
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris1 George 1932
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.1
Reticulariina sp.1 Fredericks 1916
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia sp.1
Eolyttonia sp.1 Frederiks 1924
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Acritosia peculiaris1
Acritosia peculiaris1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Spyridiophora reticulata1, Echinauris sp.1
Echinauris sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productidae
Peniculauris "sp. 1"1
Peniculauris "sp. 1"1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Glyptosteges intricatus1, Glyptosteges angustus1, Chonosteges variabilis1, Limbella sp.1
Glyptosteges intricatus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Chonosteges variabilis1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Limbella sp.1 Stehli 1954
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella sp.1, Meekella hessensis1
Meekella hessensis1 King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Diplanus lamellatus1, Derbyia crenulata1
Derbyia crenulata1 Girty 1909
1Cooper and Grant 1977; 2Fedorowski 1985; 3Fedorowski 1987