AMNH629, Victorio Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.3° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 34.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Collections were made from an 18-inch bed of very silty, brownish limestone, containing numerous rounded, flat pebbles of yellowish clay and occasional worn shells, which lies 30 feet above the massive bed at the top of the Hueco.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, silty wackestone

• Very silty, brownish limestone, containing numerous rounded, flat pebbles of yellowish clay and occasional worn shells.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81848: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Stereodictyidae
Stereodictyum orthoplectum n. gen.5 Finks 1960 glass sponge
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira delicata1 Chronic 1949 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Orthonychia cf. bowsheri7 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Omphalotrochus sp.7 Meek 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sculptilis6 Miller 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopectinella spinifera6 Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella intermedia4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella attenuata4 Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella permiana" = Goniarina permiana
"Schuchertella permiana" = Goniarina permiana Stehli 1954
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta4 Girty 1908
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetinella victoriana" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) victoriana Girty 1929
Quadrochonetes girtyi Stehli 1954
"Dyoros consanguineus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) consanguineus Girty 1929
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Psilonotus transversalis" = Elliottella transversalis
"Psilonotus transversalis" = Elliottella transversalis Stehli 1954
 Productida - Productidae
Spinifrons magna4, "Antiquatonia planumbona" = Rigrantia planumbona
Spinifrons magna4 Cooper and Grant 1975
"Antiquatonia planumbona" = Rigrantia planumbona Stehli 1954
 Productida - Productellidae
Kozlowskia kingi Stehli 1954
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella sparsispinosa2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Linoproductus philocrinus" = Coopericus angustus
"Linoproductus philocrinus" = Coopericus angustus King 1931
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia sp.4 Cooper and Grant 1969
"Teguliferina conida" = Planispina conida4 Stehli 1954
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Poikilosakos informis4 Cooper and Grant 1974
Eolyttonia diabloensis4 Stehli 1954
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Stenoscisma hueconiana" = Stenoscisma hueconianum, "Stenoscisma kala" = Stenoscisma kalum, "Stenoscisma multicosta" = Stenoscisma multicostum
"Stenoscisma hueconiana" = Stenoscisma hueconianum Girty 1929
"Stenoscisma kala" = Stenoscisma kalum Stehli 1954
"Stenoscisma multicosta" = Stenoscisma multicostum Stehli 1954
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria spectabilis3, "Wellerella longicosta" = Pontisia longicosta, "Wellerella nanas" = Pontisia nanas
Antronaria spectabilis3 Cooper and Grant 1976
"Wellerella longicosta" = Pontisia longicosta Stehli 1954
"Wellerella nanas" = Pontisia nanas Stehli 1954
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"? Terebratuloidea lenumbona" = Tautosia lenumbona, "Wellerella magnisepta" = Tautosia magnisepta
"? Terebratuloidea lenumbona" = Tautosia lenumbona Stehli 1954
"Wellerella magnisepta" = Tautosia magnisepta Stehli 1954
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"? Punctospirifer irenae" = Metriolepis irenae, Crenispirifer angulatus
"? Punctospirifer irenae" = Metriolepis irenae Stehli 1954
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferellina newelli" = Reticulariina newelli
"Spiriferellina newelli" = Reticulariina newelli Stehli 1954
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Attenuatella texana Stehli 1954
"Crurithyris inflata" = Orbicoelia inflata Stehli 1954
Crurithyris sulcata Stehli 1954
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Rallacosta "sp. 2"4 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia glomerosa4 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma diabloense Stehli 1954
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
"Heterelasma geniculata" = Heterelasma geniculatum Stehli 1954