USNM701q, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
Marathonites ganti (Smith 1903)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Cardiella ganti
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras hyatti Smith 1903
Cooper and Grant 1977
synonym of Schistoceras missouriense
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Eoasianites modestus (Böse 1919)
Cooper and Grant 1977
recombined as Glaphyrites modestus
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Neopronorites boesei
Cooper and Grant 1977
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora molina Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia kingi Cooper and Grant 1976
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 sp. Branson 1966
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Eridmatus marathonensis Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita strongyle Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Parenteletes cooperi King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia kozlowskii King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella parva Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Neochonetes liratus Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
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 C category
Hystriculina ventroplana Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 C category
(6 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia inflativentra Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Kutorginella uddeni Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
(3 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Kochiproductus sp. Dunbar 1955
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Reticulatia informal sp. 2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania informal sp. 1 Fredericks 1928
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Waagenoconcha prophetica Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae
Linoproductus informal sp. 1 (Chao 1927)
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
    = Coopericus sp. Lazarev 2004
Lazarev 2004
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella sp.
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 sp. Waagen 1884
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Derbyia carteri Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
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: Upper Uddenites-bearing Shale Member, 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:43484
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 10:46:13 Last modified:2011-02-21 21:05:56
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-14 10:46:13
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]
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]
27537 S. S. Lazarev. 2004. Revision of the brachiopod family Schrenkiellidae Lazarev, 1990. Paleontological Journal 38(2):154-161 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]