USNM701x, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Meekellidae
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Meekella magnifica
Cooper and Grant 1974
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Goniarina informal sp. 4
Cooper and Grant 1969
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetellidae
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Orthotetella wolfcampensis
King 1931
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Juresania informal sp. 1
Fredericks 1928
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Kochiproductus primitivus
Cooper and Grant 1975
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Nudauris splendens
Cooper and Grant 1975
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Scacchinellidae
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Scacchinella triangulata
Cooper and Grant 1975
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Cyclacanthariidae
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Teguliferina boesei
King 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Enteletidae
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Parenteletes cooperi
King 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer apothescelus
Cooper and Grant 1976
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Neophricadothyris transversa
Cooper and Grant 1976
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita strongyle
Cooper and Grant 1976
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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, 37.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Late/Upper 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: 25 feet of brown limestone at base of Uddenites Zone. Virgilian. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown 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: | 43489 | ||
Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-08-14 10:46:24 | Last modified: | 2011-02-21 21:13:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-14 10:46:24 |
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] |