USNM806i, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora: Wordian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea informal sp. 2 d'Orbigny 1847
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella magnirugosa n. sp. Cooper 1953
Rare category
(2 measurements)
Liosotella rugosa Cooper 1953
Rare category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Muirwoodia sp.
Rare category
synonym of Yakovlevia
(1 measurement)
"Dictyoclostus" sp.
Very rare category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Rare category
synonym of Bathymyonia nevadensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella phosphatica (Girty 1910)
Fairly common category
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes foshagi n. sp. Cooper 1953
Very rare category
recombined as Neochonetes (Neochonetes) foshagi
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella informal sp. 1 (Tschernyschew 1902)
Very rare category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Rare category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana (Shumard 1858)
Fairly common category
Includes new subspecies "plicatella" (2 measurements)
    = Hustedia shumardi Torres-Martínez et al. 2016
Torres-Martínez et al. 2016
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Punctospirifer convexus n. sp. Cooper 1953
Very rare category
recombined as Paraspiriferina convexa
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Spiriferellina laxa (Girty 1908)
Rare category
recombined as Reticulariina laxa
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora taylori Girty 1910
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
Very rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
? Uncinunellina pulchra n. sp. Cooper 1953
Very rare category
(2 measurements)
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Wellerella lemasi Cooper 1953
Rare category
Wellerella rotunda n. sp. Cooper 1953
Rare category
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea cloudi n. sp. Cooper 1953
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis magna Cooper 1953
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma cf. spatulatum Girty 1908
Very rare category
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
? Omphalotrochus informal sp. A Meek 1864
Very rare category
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
? Pleurotomaria informal sp. A Defrance 1826
Very rare category
? Pleurotomaria informal sp. B Defrance 1826
Very rare category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Nuculana obesa White 1879
Rare category
recombined as Polidevcia obesa
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" spp.
Very rare category
Two species represented
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Aviculopecten montpelierensis Girty 1910
Very rare category
recombined as Streblopteria montpelierensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurophorus sonorensis Cooper 1953
Rare category
recombined as Stutchburia sonorensis
(2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Sonora
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 112.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° North, 40.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Antimonio Local bed:Leiorhynchoidea-Cancrinella Zone
Stratigraphy comments: "Monos Beds"; Leiorhynchoidea-Cancrinella Zone is third-highest (of 7) in the succession
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: Reddish limestone shale and sandy limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40823
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-01 12:17:04 Last modified:2004-07-01 16:45:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-01 12:17:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11030. G. A. Cooper, C. O. Dunbar, H. Duncan, A. K. Miller, and J. B. Knight. 1953. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):1-111 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61293 M. A. Torres-Martínez, F. Sour-Tovar, and R. Barragán. 2016. Permian (Leonardian) brachiopods from Paso Hondo Formation, Chiapas, southern Mexico. Paleobiogeographical implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 71:71-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]