USNM734q, Dugout Mountain, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora sp.
r category
Septopora cf. flabellata Nikiforova 1933
r category
Septopora orientalis Bassler 1929
r category
Septopora aff. pinnata Ulrich 1890
r category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
r category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora robustiformis Morozova 1965
A category
recombined as Mackinneyella robustiformis
Polypora perturbata Morozova 1970
r category
recombined as Polyporella perturbata
Polypora cf. daurica Morozova 1970
r category
recombined as Parapolypora daurica
Polypora cf. subborealis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
U category
recombined as Paucipora subborealis
Protoretepora cf. ampla (Lonsdale 1844)
U category
Penniretepora sp.
u category
Polypora informal sp. 1
r category
Protoretepora cf. crassa (Ulrich 1890)
r category
original and current combination Polypora crassa
Polypora mexicana Prout 1858
U category
Polypora aff. halliana Ulrich 1890
r category
Protoretepora soyanensis (Morozova 1970)
C category
original and current combination Polypora soyanensis
Polypora nodocarinata Ulrich 1890
r category
Polypora hirsuta Moore 1929
r category
Acanthocladia guadalupensis Girty 1908
A category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomida - Timanodictyidae
? Timanodictya sp.
c category
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Septopora aff. phyllata Malecki 1977
r category
synonym of Ramipora hochstetteri
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 103.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.0° North, 33.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Kungurian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Kungurian
Age range of interval:283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Skinner Ranch Member:Poplar Tank
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Environment:slope/ramp reef
Geology comments: Small bryozoan frame-thicket bioherm, which flourished on the southern slopes of the Permian basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Limestone blocks etched to reveal silicified bryozoan framework
Taxonomic list comments:Abundances recorded as abundant (a), common (c), uncommon (u), or rare (r) using categories centered approximately on 100, 15, 5, and 2 colonies per collection. Capital letters indicate species functioning as frame builder.
Metadata
Database number:121970
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-13 09:52:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-13 09:52:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33784. L. S. Zimmerman and R. J. Cuffey. 1987. Species involved in Permian bryozoan bioherms, west Texas. In J. R. P. Ross (ed.), Bryozoa: Present and Past 309-316 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]