AMNH678, Cutoff Mountain, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (32.0° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 33.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cutoff Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Originally Cutoff Member of Bone Spring Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the AMNH

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 81949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Worthenia arizonensis" = Biarmeaspira arizonensis2, "Worthenia multilineata" = Biarmeaspira multilineata2, Manzanospira wordensis2
"Worthenia arizonensis" = Biarmeaspira arizonensis2 Winters 1963 snail
"Worthenia multilineata" = Biarmeaspira multilineata2 Batten 1989 snail
Manzanospira wordensis2 Batten 1989 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Tapinotomaria costata1 Batten 1958 snail
Eirlysia reticulata1 Batten 1958 snail
Lamellospira conica1 Batten 1958 snail
Worthenia pilula2 Batten 1989 snail
Worthenia speciosa2 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Worthenia alticarinata2 Batten 1989 snail
Worthenia bialveozona2 Batten 1989 snail
Worthenia kingi2 Batten 1989 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Apachella translirata2 Winters 1956 snail
Apachella franciscana2 Chronic 1952 snail
Apachella pseudostrigillata2 Girty 1934 snail
Apachella exaggerata2 Batten 1989 snail
Apachella huecoensis2 Batten 1989 snail
Apachella nodosa2 Batten 1989 snail
Ananias permianus2 Batten 1989 snail
Ananias labrectus2 Batten 1989 snail
Shwedagonia elegans1 Batten 1956 snail
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) coronatum" = Glabrocingulum coronatum2 Chronic 1952 snail
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) texanum" = Glabrocingulum texanum2 Batten 1989 snail
Peruvispira delicata2 Chronic 1949 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Retispira girtyi" = Retispira lyelli6, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli6, "Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) sp." = Pharkidonotus6
"Retispira girtyi" = Retispira lyelli6 Gemmellaro 1889 snail
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli6 Yochelson 1960 snail
"Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) sp." = Pharkidonotus6 Girty 1912 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites exquisitus6 Yochelson 1960 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Sallya striata5 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Heterostropha - Streptacididae
Streptacis piercei n. sp.4 Erwin 1988 snail
Approximate count
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.3 Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella "sp. 5"3 Ramsbottom 1952
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris irregularis3 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia sp.3 Cooper and Grant 1969
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.3 Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus eximius3 Cooper and Grant 1976
Anteridocus bicostatus3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Phrenophoria corpulenta3 Cooper and Grant 1976
Phrenophoria incomitata3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.3 King 1865
Rhynchopora "sp. A"3 King 1865
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Metriolepis sp.3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.3 George 1931
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia decollatensis3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita nucella3 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Pseudodielasma sp.3 Brill 1940
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Heterelasma sp.3 Girty 1908