USNM700f, Decie Ranch, Glass Mountains: Virgilian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Baylea huecoensis n. sp.
Batten 1989
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Batten 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Cyclacanthariidae
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Teguliferina armata
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | R category | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Kutorginella sp.
Ivanova 1951
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Antiquatonia inflativentra
Cooper and Grant 1975
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Juresania informal sp. 1
Fredericks 1928
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetinella sp.
Ramsbottom 1952
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Enteletidae
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Enteletes wolfcampensis
King 1931
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferellidae
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Eridmatus marathonensis
Cooper and Grant 1976
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Cooper and Grant 1977 | VR category | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° South, 37.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Virgilian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gaptank | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Virgilian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Taxonomic list comments:A variety of papers list the brachiopods, nearly all gastropods, most bivalves (except primarily Paleotaxodonts), trilobites, chitons, siliceous sponges, rugose corals (only from Gaptank and Asselian/Sakmarian formations). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 43456 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-13 19:59:36 | Last modified: | 2019-06-18 21:02:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-13 19:59:36 |
| 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:
| 11473 | R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 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] |