USNM701p, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
Emilites incertum
Cooper and Grant 1977
Dunbarites sp. Miller and Furnish 1940
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Marathonites ganti (Smith 1903)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Cardiella ganti
Kargalites parkeri (Heilprin 1884)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Subkargalites parkeri
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras ciscoense Smith 1903
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras sp. Schmidt 1925
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras hyatti Smith 1903
Cooper and Grant 1977
synonym of Schistoceras missouriense
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Vidrioceras uddeni (Böse 1919)
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Eoasianites modestus (Böse 1919)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Glaphyrites modestus
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Neopronorites boesei
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Uddenites schucherti Böse 1919
Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Boesites texanus (Böse 1919)
Cooper and Grant 1977
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea sp. Cloud 1944
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
recombined as Orbicoelia tumibilis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Eridmatus marathonensis Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer anancites Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes wolfcampensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Parenteletes cooperi King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Chonetinella costellata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
recombined as Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) costellata
Neochonetes liratus Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Lissochonetes parvisulcatus Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
(2 measurements)
Sulcataria informal sp. 1 Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sulcata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Hystriculina ventroplana Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Nudauris tribulosa Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Nudauris splendens Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Kutorginella uddeni Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
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
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 - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella prionota Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Orthotetella wolfcampensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Allotropiochisma (Alligia) flabellum Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 9 specimens
? Allotropiochisma (Allotropiochisma) uddenitense n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 2 specimens
Allotropiochisma (Abeophyllum) texanum n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 9 specimens
Monophyllum cassum Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 4 specimens
Amplexizaphrentis informal sp. A Vaughan 1906
Ross and Ross 1963
? Euryphyllum robustum Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 2 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Lytvolasma aucta n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 15 specimens
Bradyphyllum informal sp. 1 Grabau 1928
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
? Bradyphyllum coagmentum n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 6 specimens
Bradyphyllum postwannense Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 3 specimens
Bradyphyllum counterseptatum n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 11 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia informal sp. A Soshkina 1928
Ross and Ross 1962
Amplexocarinia informal sp. B Soshkina 1928
Ross and Ross 1962
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae
Lophophyllidium solidum Ross and Ross 1962
Ross and Ross 1962 3 specimens
recombined as Pseudowannerophyllum solidum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876
Ross and Ross 1962
Heritschioides sp. Yabe 1950
Ross and Ross 1962
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophotichiidae
Assimulia (Assimulia) uddenitense n. sp. Fedorowski 1987
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium vallum Ross and Ross 1962
Ross and Ross 1962
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii (Beede 1898)
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum (Jeffords 1947)
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri (Jeffords 1947)
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari (Moore and Jeffords 1941)
Fedorowski 1987 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 30.3° 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,surface (float),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:43483
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Clapham, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 10:46:11 Last modified:2011-02-21 21:03:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-14 10:46:11
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:

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]
25624 J. Fedorowski. 1987. Upper Paleozoic rugose corals from southwestern Texas and adjacent areas: Gaptank Formation and Wolfcampian corals. Palaeontologia Polonica 48:3-271 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]