USNM701f, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Metoptoma texana Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 1 individual
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Marathonites ganti (Smith 1903)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Cardiella ganti
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira pulchra Batten 1958
Batten 1958 2 specimens
replaced by Spiroscala quasipulchra
Euconospira varizona Batten 1958
Batten 1958 2 specimens
Euconospira spiroperforata n. sp. Batten 1958
Batten 1958 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Parenteletes cooperi King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sulcata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Nudauris splendens Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Echinauris subquadrata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia informal sp. 2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinaria cf. moorei (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Juresania informal sp. 1 Fredericks 1928
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella triangulata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia carteri Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis informal sp. B Vaughan 1906
Ross and Ross 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° South, 37.6° 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:Gzhelian
Age range of interval:303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gaptank Member:Uddenites-bearing Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Virgilian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: limestone beds with shaly intervals; possibly of biohermal origin but not expressed as a mound
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
Also known as:Reef 3471
Database number:43477
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 10:45:58 Last modified:2011-02-21 20:48:18
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-14 10:45:58
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:

11476 R. L. Batten. 1958. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 2. Pleurotomariacea: Portlockiellidae, Phymatopleuridae, and Eotomariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114(2):153-246 [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]
19067 R. E. Grant. 1969. Brachiopods in the Permian Reef Environment of West Texas. Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention, Part J 1444-1481 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
33654 C. A. Ross and J. P. Ross. 1962. Pennsylvanian, Permian rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 36:1163-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
33655 J. P. Ross and C. A. Ross. 1963. Late Paleozoic rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 37:409-420 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11477 E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]