USNM725k, Pine Top, Guadalupe Mountains: Wordian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella popei (Shumard 1858)
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida
Scapharina levis Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Eliva shumardi Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
recombined as Aequalicosta shumardi
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina billingsi (Shumard 1858)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia rupinata Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita affinis Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Strigirhynchia transversa Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus swallovianus (Shumard 1859)
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Heterelasma shumardianum Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma prolongatum Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 104.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.6° North, 33.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 3
Key time interval:Wordian
Age range of interval:268.80000 - 265.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Capitan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:105899
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-02-27 02:57:47 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-27 02:57:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11454. 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]

Secondary references:

11407 G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1977. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, VI. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 32:3161-3370 [T. Olszewski/K. Tracy/M. Clapham]
35341 B. R. Wardlaw. 2008. Paleontologic database for the Guadalupe Peak 1: 100,000 Quadrangle: a prototype for the National Paleontologic Database, Paleodata. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1141:1-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]