USGS 2969 green, southern Delaware Mountains: Roadian - Capitanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Turbo" sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Gastropoda indet.
Wagner 2023
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Cladopora" tubulata Girty 1908
"Cladopora" spinulata Girty 1908
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
"Aulopora" sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lindstroemiidae
"Lindstroemia" cf. permiana Girty 1908
Hexactinellida - Stromatidiidae
Stromatidium typicale n. gen., n. sp. Girty 1908
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae
Coenocystis richardsoni n. gen., n. sp. Girty 1908
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Cymatochitonidae
Cymatochiton texanus n. sp. Girty 1908
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria texana n. sp. Girty 1908
recombined as Apachella texana
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia informal sp. a d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
? Murchisonia informal sp. b d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" elderi n. sp. Girty 1908
"Pleurotomaria" cf. planulata Girty 1908
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
"Pseudomelania" informal sp. b Pictet and Campiche 1862
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia cf. americana Girty 1908
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" informal sp. c Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. politus Girty 1908
recombined as Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina squamosa
(1 measurement)
    = Myalina lamellosa McRoberts and Newell 2005
McRoberts and Newell 2005
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Pteria" richardsoni Girty 1908
recombined as Cassiavellia richardsoni
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus americanus Girty 1908
recombined as Collemataria americana
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Richthofenia permiana
    = Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1975
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp. King 1844
Strophomenata - Productida
Productus pileolus Shumard 1858
(3 measurements)
    = Scapharina rugosa Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1975
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productus cf. walcottianus Girty 1908
recombined as Costispinifera walcottiana
Productus informal sp. d
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes permianus
    = Micraphelia scitula Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1975
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthotetes guadalupensis Girty 1908
recombined as Ombonia guadalupensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Derbyia crenulata Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
Spiriferina cf. pyramidalis Girty 1908
recombined as Sarganostega pyramidalis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Spiriferina cf. evax Girty 1908
recombined as Paraspiriferina evax
Spiriferina cf. billingsi (Shumard 1858)
recombined as Paraspiriferina billingsi
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Spiriferina cf. welleri Girty 1908
recombined as Reticulariina welleri
Spiriferina cf. laxa Girty 1908
recombined as Reticulariina laxa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Spiriferina polypleurus Girty 1908
recombined as Arionthia polypleura
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia bipartita Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cf. affinis Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma prolongatum Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Heterelasma shumardianum Girty 1908
(1 measurement)
    = Glossothyropsis sp.
Cooper and Grant 1976
Notothyris ovata Girty 1908
recombined as Timorina ovata
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Heterelasma cf. venustulum Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Pugnax gratiosa Girty 1908
recombined as Bryorhynchus gratiosum
? Pugnax bisulcata (Shumard 1858)
recombined as Bryorhynchus bisulcatum
ssp. seminuloides
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella informal sp. a Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella informal sp. b Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella informal sp. c Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella informal sp. e Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella informal sp. f Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella texana n. sp. Girty 1908
Fenestella cf. spinulosa Condra 1902
    = Fenestrellina girtyi Elias 1937
Elias 1937
recombined as Minilya girtyi
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora informal sp. a
Polypora informal sp. b
Polypora informal sp. c
Polypora informal sp. d
Acanthocladia guadalupensis Girty 1908
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
? Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia americana Girty 1908
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
Domopora ocellata Girty 1908
recombined as Girtypora ocellata
Domopora vittata Girty 1908
recombined as Girtypora vittata
Domopora terminalis Girty 1908
recombined as Girtypora terminalis
Domopora incrustans n. sp. Girty 1908
recombined as Girtyporina incrustans
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora richardsoni Girty 1908
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"Leioclema" cf. shumardi Girty 1908
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata (Shumard 1858)
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Miltonellidae
Argilloecia sp.
(1 measurement)
    = Miltonella shupei Sohn 1950
Sohn 1954
unclassified
Protrete texanus n. gen., n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 104.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° North, 33.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Key time interval:Roadian - Capitanian
Age range of interval:273.01000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Delaware Mountain
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Black limestone near middle of Delaware Mountain Formation
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:108835
Authorizer:M. Clapham, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Clapham, L. Edwards, P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-05-07 15:51:33 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-05-07 15:51:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15631. G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

23785 G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]
27410 G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35988 M. K. Elias. 1937. Stratigraphic significance of some late Paleozoic fenestrate bryozoans. Journal of Paleontology 11(4):306-334 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
25786 C. A. McRoberts and N. D. Newell. 2005. Marine Myalinidae (Bivalvia: Pterioida) from the Permian of West Texas. American Museum Novitates 3469:1-15 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]
31804 I. G. Sohn. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-A:1-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]