PBDB Collection

USNM703a, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Catenispongiidae

	Ossimimus n. gen. robustus Finks 1995	Finks 1995

	Stratispongia n. gen. cinctuta Finks 1995	Finks 1995

	Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995	Finks 1995
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae

	Polysiphonia n. gen. flabellata Finks 1995	Finks 1995
	recombined as Polysiphonaria flabellata
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

	Guadalupia cupulosa Finks 2010	Finks 2010

	Guadalupia ramescens n. sp. Finks 2010	Finks 2010
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

	Semipetasus signatus n. gen., n. sp. Sohn 1954	Sohn 1954
	(5 measurements)
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

	Delaria brevis Brezinski 1992	Brezinski 1992
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

	Acanthocrania densispina Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

	Tropidelasma corniculum Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Bothrostegium sp. Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

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

	Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

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

	Derbyia informis Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(2 measurements)

	Derbyia complicata Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

	Compressoproductus informal sp. 3 Sarytcheva 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

	? Holotricharina informal sp. 1 Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Holotricharina hirsuta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

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

	Waagenoconcha convexa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

	Peniculauris peniculifera Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

	Rugatia incurvata (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(1 measurement)

	Rugatia paraindica (McKee 1938)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

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

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

	Echinauris irregularis Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(4 measurements)

	Echinauris crassa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(3 measurements)

	Echinauris bella Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

	Xenosteges magnus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category

	Edriosteges multispinosus n. gen., n. sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	A category
	(11 measurements)

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

	Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

	Eolyttonia chaotica Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

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

	Cyclacantharia paucispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae

	Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(16 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

	Mesolobus permianus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	recombined as Capillomesolobus permianus
	(1 measurement)

	Chonetinetes angustisulcatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

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

	Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

	Rhynchopora hebetata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

	Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

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

	Stenoscisma triquetrum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

	Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	ssp. stehlii (R) and ssp. tumidosa (R)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Amphipellidae

	Amphipella attenuata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

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

	Cenorhynchia parvula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(7 measurements)

	Chaeniorhynchus salutare Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(4 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae

	Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Petasmatherus sp. Cooper and Grant 1969	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	C category
	(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

	Dielasma sp. King 1856	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Dielasma ellipsoideum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

	Composita sp. Brown 1849	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Composita stalagmium Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Composita crassa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

	Thedusia mesocostata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Hustedia consuta Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category

	Hustedia narinosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category

	Hustedia connorsi Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

	Neophricadothyris bullata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	recombined as Permophricodothyris bullata
	(1 measurement)

	Neophricadothyris crassibecca Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

	Neospirifer thescelus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	recombined as Spiriferalaria thescelus

	Neospirifer bakeri (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	original and current combination Spirifer (Neospirifer) bakeri
	ssp. bakeri
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

	Metriolepis tegulata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Metriolepis larina Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(4 measurements)

	Spiriferellina tricosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

	Paraspiriferina sp. (Reed 1944)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Paraspiriferina sulcata	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

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

	Reticulariina craticula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

	Acosarina mesoplatys (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(11 measurements)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

	Pterochiton arthurcooperi Smith 1976	Smith 1976	1 specimen
	recombined as Schematochiton arthurcooperi
	1 Head valve
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae

	Soleachiton n. gen. yochelsoni Hoare and Smith 1984	Hoare and Smith 1984	5 specimens
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

	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
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

	Pernopecten yini Newell and Boyd 1995	Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae

	Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841	Runnegar and Newell 1974
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

	Discotropis informal sp. 2 Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	1 individual
	(1 measurement)

	Discotropis sulcifer (Girty 1908)	Yochelson 1956	2 individuals
	(1 measurement)

	Straparollus (Euomphalus) kaibabensis (Chronic 1952)	Yochelson 1956	1 individual
	original and current combination Euomphalus kaibabensis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

	Babylonites turritus Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	2 individuals
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae

	Anomphalus studiosus Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	25 individuals
	(7 measurements)
Gastropoda - Liotiidae

	Dichostasia complex Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	4 individuals
	(3 measurements)

	Brochidium morrisi Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	19 individuals
	(15 measurements)
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

	Byzantia obliqua n. gen., n. sp. Kosnik 1997	Kosnik 1997	44 individuals
	(8 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

	Hesperiella wordensis Batten 1989	Batten 1989	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Hesperiella permianus n. sp. Batten 1989	Batten 1989	5 specimens
	(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

	Lamellospira conica Batten 1958	Batten 1958	5 specimens

	Worthenia kingi Batten 1989	Batten 1989
	(1 measurement)

	Discotomaria basisulcata Batten 1956	Batten 1958	10 specimens
	(4 measurements)

	Eirlysia reticulata Batten 1958	Batten 1958	5 specimens

	Tapinotomaria crassa Batten 1958	Batten 1958	3 specimens

	Tapinotomaria rugosa Batten 1956	Batten 1958	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Tapinotomaria globosa Batten 1958	Batten 1958
	(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Apachella glabra Batten 1989	Batten 1989	2 specimens

	Apachella turbiniformis Winters 1963	Batten 1989	1 specimen

	Apachella franciscana (Chronic 1952)	Batten 1989	6 specimens

	Apachella exaggerata Batten 1989	Batten 1989	3 specimens

	Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949	Batten 1989	1 specimen

	Ambozone dictyonema Batten 1989	Batten 1989	2 specimens
	(2 measurements)

	Ananias permianus Batten 1989	Batten 1989	1 specimen

	Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) alveozonum Batten 1989	Batten 1989	1 specimen
	recombined as Glabrocingulum alveozonum

	Shwedagonia elegans Batten 1956	Batten 1958	49 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

	Euconospira pulchra Batten 1958	Batten 1958	45 specimens
	replaced by Spiroscala quasipulchra
	(11 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

	Worthenia arizonensis Winters 1963	Batten 1989	5 specimens
	recombined as Biarmeaspira arizonensis

	Worthenia multilineata Batten 1989	Batten 1989	5 specimens
	recombined as Biarmeaspira multilineata
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

	Euphemites imperator Yochelson 1960	Yochelson 1960	1 individual
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

	Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli Yochelson 1960	Yochelson 1960	9 individuals

	Knightites (Retispira) modesta (Girty 1909)	Yochelson 1960	1 individual
	recombined as Retispira modesta
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

	Pseudogastrioceratinae indet. Furnish 1966	Cooper and Grant 1977
	immature
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Texas	County:	Brewster
Coordinates:	30.4° North, 103.1° 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: Bioherms 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:	lithified "limestone"
Environment:	reef, buildup or bioherm

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

Also known as:	Reef 3472
Database number:	43513
Authorizer:	D. Bottjer, M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2004-08-14 14:32:18	Last modified:	2013-09-01 10:52:24
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-08-14 14:32:18
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]
11471		R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/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]
11469		A. W. Grabau. 1922. Ordovician fossils of north China. Palaeontologia Sinica Ser. B 1(1):1-98 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]
11489		R. D. Hoare and A. G. Smith. 1984. Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 58(1):82-103 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]
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]
27479		H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447 [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]
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]
33657		B. Runnegar and N. D. Newell. 1974. Edmondia and the Edmondiacea: shallow-burrowing Paleozoic pelecypods. American Museum Novitates 2533:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11490		A. G. Smith. 1976. Two new Permian chitons from west Texas (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). The Veliger 18:281-288 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
31804		I. G. Sohn. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-A:1-24 [M. Clapham/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]
11477		E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]