USNM701x, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella magnifica Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Goniarina informal sp. 4 Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Orthotetella wolfcampensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania informal sp. 1 Fredericks 1928
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Kochiproductus primitivus 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
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 - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Parenteletes cooperi King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa 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
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]