Chinaberry Draw: Capitanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acanthodema sp.
informal Stromatolite indet.
common category
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
dweller
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella hidensis Endo 1959
abundant category
encrusting
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
dweller
unclassified
Shamovella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1951
abundant category
encrusting
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora spinata
dweller
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928
dweller
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Heliospongia vokesi King 1943
rare category
= ramosa
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella minima Senowbari-Daryan 1990
common category
Exaulipora permica (Senowbari-Daryan 1990)
rare category
Tristratocoelia rhythmica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
rare category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
? Peronidella delicata Rigby et al. 1998
rare category
recombined as Preperonidella delicata
Minispongia constricta (Girty 1908)
abundant category
Lercaritubus problematicus Flugel et al. 1990
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1996
dweller
Bicoelia guadalupensis Rigby et al. 1998
rare category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Lemonea exaulifera Rigby et al. 1998
rare category
Lemonea micra Rigby et al. 1998
common category
Lemonea conica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
rare category
Lemonea cylindrica (Girty 1908)
common category
Lemonea polysiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 1990
rare category
Cystothalamia guadalupensis (Girty 1908)
rare category
Guadalupia zitteliana Girty 1908
rare category
Guadalupia explanata (King 1943)
rare category
original and current combination Polyphymaspongia explanata
Discosiphonella mammilosa
common category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Girtyocoelia beedi
rare category
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882
abundant category
cummulative percentage 34
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Grossotubenella parallela Rigby et al. 1989
rare category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Gigantospongia discoforma Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
rare category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Virgola neptunica
common category
cummulative percentage 67
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia sp. Etheridge 1876
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
Girtypora sp. Morozova 1966
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia sp. King 1849
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
? Sestropoma cribriferum Cooper and Grant 1969
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
encrusting
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
dweller
Ascidiacea - Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
Permosoma sp.
dweller
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
encrusting
Collenella sp. Johnson 1942
Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Archaeolithophyllum sp. Johnson 1956
dweller
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
dweller
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
dweller
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Eugonophyllum sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 104.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.1° North, 32.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Capitanian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
*Period:Middle Permian
Key time interval:Capitanian
Age range of interval:264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Capitan
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Data from upper part of Capitan-Massive Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bindstone
Lithology description: Thick and massive reef limestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:none
Encrustation:extreme
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 86
Database number:24203
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-02 05:44:26 Last modified:2011-04-13 01:19:24
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-02 05:44:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6842. J. A. Fagerstrom and O. Weidlich. 1999. Strengths and weaknesses of the reef guild concept and quantitative data: Application to the Upper Capitan-massive community (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico-Texas. Facies 40:131-156 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

33676 B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby. 1996. First report of Lercaritubus in North America, from the Permian Capitan Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 70:22-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]