USNM732q, Sierra del Norte, Glass Mountains: Wordian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium mexicanum (Shumard 1858)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita affinis Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma prolongatum Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina billingsi (Shumard 1858)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma trabeatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Tautosia shumardiana (Girty 1908)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus swallovianus (Shumard 1859)
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Pseudoleptodus guadalupensis (Stehli 1956)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella popei (Shumard 1858)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 103.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° North, 33.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 264.28000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vidrio
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Brachiopods thought to be similar to Hegler Member of Capitan Formation (Wordian in age) by Cooper & Grant (1972). Rathjen et al. (2000) assigned this locality to the Vidrio Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:106111
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-03-02 14:34:40 Last modified:2020-04-08 22:37:53
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-02 14:34:40
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]