PBDB Collection

USNM702c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Catenispongiidae

	Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995	Finks 1995
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

	Guadalupia ramescens Finks 2010	Finks 2010
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

	Delaria brevis Brezinski 1992	Brezinski 1992

	Delaria antiqua (Girty 1908)	Brezinski 1992
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

	Acanthocrania densispina n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(3 measurements)

	Lepidocrania tardispinosa Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(8 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

	Meekella calathica Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(7 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

	Derbyia cincinnata Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(7 measurements)

	Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(9 measurements)

	Derbyia informis Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

	Holotricharina hirsuta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(13 measurements)

	Megousia auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

	Waagenoconcha convexa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(13 measurements)

	Waagenoconcha platys Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

	Peniculauris peniculifera Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Peniculauris transversa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)

	Peniculauris subcostata (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

	Spinarella paulula Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(5 measurements)

	Spinarella perfecta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(6 measurements)

	Rugatia incurva	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category

	Rugatia convexa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(4 measurements)

	Kutorginella sullivanensis (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	recombined as Retaria sullivanensis

	Kutorginella umbonata (Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960)	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	original and current combination Retaria umbonata
	(10 measurements)

	Echinauris irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(9 measurements)

	Echinauris crassa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Echinauris bella Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

	Paucispinifera sp.	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Paucispinifera sulcata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(22 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae

	Cooperina parva Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(3 measurements)

	Cooperina subcuneata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Tschernyschewiidae

	Tschernyschewia sp.	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

	Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(4 measurements)

	Chonosteges costellatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Rhamnaria sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Rhamnaria vinnula Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(4 measurements)

	Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

	Eolyttonia chaotica Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(1 measurement)

	Collemataria gregaria Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

	Cyclacantharia paucispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category

	? Acritosia vestibula Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(9 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae

	Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	SA category
	"Superabundant" (26 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

	Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Dyoros (Dyoros) extensiformis Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

	Rhynchopora sphenoides Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Rhynchopora hebetata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

	Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Stenoscisma aptatum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(11 measurements)

	Stenoscisma calvatum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Stenoscisma camurum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Stenoscisma triquetrum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(21 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

	Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	Includes ssp. stehlii (A), ssp. tumidosa (C) (22 measurements)

	Anteridocus erugatus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(11 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

	Cenorhynchia atmeta Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category

	Cenorhynchia parvula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Cenorhynchia mitigata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Cenorhynchia saginata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae

	Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(8 measurements)

	Petasmatherus nitidus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

	Chondronia ovalis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

	Texarina wordensis (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(19 measurements)

	Heterelasma glansfagea Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(19 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

	Dielasma sp. King 1856	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Dielasma ellipsoideum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(26 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

	Composita stalagmium Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(89 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

	Hustedia ampullacea Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Hustedia narinosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(37 measurements)

	Hustedia connorsi Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	SA category
	"Superabundant" (61 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

	Neophricadothyris bullata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	recombined as Permophricodothyris bullata
	(59 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

	Neospirifer thescelus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	recombined as Spiriferalaria thescelus
	(27 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

	Crurithyris minutalis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	recombined as Cruricella minutalis
	(20 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

	Metriolepis sp. Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Spiriferellina tricosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(25 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

	Reticulariina venustula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Reticulariina craticula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(33 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

	Acosarina mesoplatys (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	SA category
	"Superabundant" (20 measurements)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

	Acanthopecten coloradoensis (Newberry 1861)	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Annuliconchidae

	Annuliconcha dentata Newell and Boyd 1995	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

	Heteropecten vanvleeti (Beede 1902)	Newell and Boyd 1995

	Girtypecten sublaqueatus (Girty 1908)	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

	Streblopteria montpelierensis (Girty 1910)	Newell and Boyd 1995
	original and current combination Aviculipecten montpelierensis

	Eocamptonectes papillatus (Girty 1908)	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

	Cyrtorostra varicostata Branson 1930	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

	Obliquipecten granti Newell and Boyd 1995	Newell and Boyd 1995

	Aviculopecten americanus Newell and Boyd 1995	Newell and Boyd 1995
	recombined as Newellipectinia americanus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

	Prospondylus acinetus Newell and Boyd 1970	Newell and Boyd 1970
	(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

	Elversella n. gen. rugosa McRoberts and Newell 2001	McRoberts and Newell 2001
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

	Heteroschizodus macomoides Newell and Boyd 1975	Newell and Boyd 1975
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae

	Anomphalus studiosus Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	1 individual
Gastropoda - Liotiidae

	Dichostasia complex n. sp. Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	1 individual
	(1 measurement)

	Brochidium morrisi Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	9 individuals
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

	Byzantia n. gen. obliqua Kosnik 1997	Kosnik 1997	15 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

	Worthenia corrugata Chronic 1952	Batten 1989	3 specimens

	Discotomaria basisulcata Batten 1956	Batten 1958	4 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Apachella nodosa Batten 1989	Batten 1989	1 specimen

	Ananias permianus Batten 1989	Batten 1989	1 specimen

	Shwedagonia elegans Batten 1956	Batten 1958	2 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

	Euconospira pulchra n. sp. Batten 1958	Batten 1958	4 specimens
	replaced by Spiroscala quasipulchra
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

	Glassoceras normani (Miller and Furnish 1957)	Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

	Perrinites sp. Böse 1919	Cooper and Grant 1977
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

	? Paraceltites sp. Gemmellaro 1887	Cooper and Grant 1977
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Texas	County:	Brewster
Coordinates:	30.4° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	1.1° North, 33.3° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Permian	Epoch:	Cisuralian
Stage:	Kungurian	10 m.y. bin:	Permian 2
Key time interval:	Kungurian
Age range of interval:	283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Road Canyon
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Represents bioherms usually occurring at base of Road Canyon Formation. Lower part of Road Canyon Formation contains conodont Mesogondolella idahoensis lamberti, indicating Kungurian age according to Henderson & Mei (2003).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"limestone"
Environment:	slope/ramp reef
Geology comments: Road Canyon Formation records largely slope and basinal deposition.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some macrofossils
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:	43495
Authorizer:	D. Bottjer, W. Kiessling, M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, W. Kiessling
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2004-08-14 12:42:01	Last modified:	2013-09-01 10:49:59
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-08-14 12:42:01
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]
11473		R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11483		D. K. Brezinski. 1992. Permian trilobites from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):924-943 [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]
15535		R. M. Finks. 1995. Some new genera of Paleozoic calcareous sponges. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 6:1-9 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]
33849		R. M. Finks. 2010. The sponge family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian. Journal of Paleontology 84(5):821-847 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11479		M. A. Kosnik. 1997. Byzantia: a new genus (Gastropoda: Neritopsidae) from the Permian of west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 71(1):53-56 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11475		C. A. McRoberts and N.D. Newell. 2001. A new Permian myalinid genus, Elversella, of west Texas. American Museum Novitates 3311:1-5 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11474		N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1970. Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143(4):221-281 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11482		N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11472		N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11481		E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]