USNM706b, Hess Canyon, Glass Mtns.: Wordian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Kalodomia rugosa
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Large 4 cm; Museum ID
Fusulinida indet. (Fursenko 1958)
Cooper and Grant 1977
original and current combination Fusilinida
Museum ID
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Cooper and Grant 1977
Museum ID
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata (Shumard 1858)
Brezinski 1992 1 individual
1 pygidium
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania teretis Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 28 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 28 Upper cap-shaped valves (3 measurements)
Lepidocrania sublamellosa Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Medium 8-10 mm; 1 A
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Undulella undulata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 6 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 5 A, 1 PV, 1 BV
Dyoros (Dyoros) planiextensus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 2123 individuals
V. large 2-3 cm; 472 A, 1651 PV, 1142 BV
Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 1367 individuals
V. large 2-3 cm; 682 A, 685 PV, 581 BV (9 measurements)
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 2 PV
Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 11 individuals
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 4 A, 7 PV, 3 BV
Leurosina lata n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 15 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 12 PV, 11 BV (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae
Cooperina inexpectata Termier et al. 1966
Cooper and Grant 1977 42 individuals
Tiny 5 mm; 7 A, 35 PV
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Rhamnaria kingorum Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 1387 individuals
V. large 2-4 cm; 63 A, 890 PV, 1324 BV (11 measurements)
Xenosteges quadratus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 194 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 13 A, 181 PV, 142 BV
Echinosteges tuberculatus (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 107 individuals
Large 1-4 cm; 11 A, 76 PV, 96 BV
Ctenalosia fixata Cooper and Stehli 1955
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Tiny 5 mm; 1 BV
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia hystricula (Girty 1908)
Cooper and Grant 1977 4050 individuals
Medium 8-10 mm; 281 A, 3769 PV, 964 BV (6 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia kingorum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 1833 individuals
V. large 2-6 cm; 270 A, 1548 PV, 30 BV. ssp. agaricoidea: Small 0.5-2 cm; 14 A, 1 PV (10 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia progressa n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 8 individuals
V. large; 1 A, 7 PV, 1 BV
Collemataria elongata n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 199 individuals
V. large; 7 A, 192 PV, 54 BV
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella tetragonalis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 359 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 65 A, 294 PV, 129 BV (16 measurements)
Liosotella parva n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Large 1-2 cm; 1 PV
Liosotella wordensis (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 569 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 126 A, 443 PV, 317 BV (15 measurements)
Paucispinifera sp.
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Large 1-3 cm; 2 PV
Paucispinifera auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 103 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 8 A, 95 PV, 28 BV
Paucispinifera transversa n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Large 1-3 cm; 1 A
Paucispinifera quadrata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 1433 individuals
V. large 2-4 cm; 534 A, 899 PV, 513 BV (24 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Bothrionia transversa n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 7 individuals
1A, 6 PV (4 measurements)
Bothrionia nasuta n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 29 individuals
7A, 5 PV, 22 BV (7 measurements)
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 11 individuals
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 1 A, 10 PV, 5 BV
Echinauris lateralis Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 459 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 74 A, 385 PV, 256 BV
Costispinifera costata (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 10 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 10 PV, 4 BV
Costispinifera rugatula (Girty 1908)
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
V. large 2-3 cm; 2 PV
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha magnifica n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus informal sp. 2 Sarytcheva 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 3 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 3 PV
Compressoproductus rarus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 3 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 3 PV
Cancrinella expansa n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 7 individuals
recombined as Costatumulus expansa
7 PV (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Grandaurispina gibbosa n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 396 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 44 A, 352 PV, 163 BV (13 measurements)
Megousia definita n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 4 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 1 PV
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
V. large 4 cm; 1 BV
Derbyia pannucia n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 155 individuals
Huge > 5 cm; 2 A, 71 PV, 153 BV (1 measurement)
Derbyia filosa n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 508 individuals
Large 1-4 cm; 19 A, 424 PV, 489 BV (11 measurements)
Derbyia texta n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 61 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 1 A, 60 PV, 32 BV (7 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma anthicum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1974
Cooper and Grant 1977 15 individuals
Large 1-3 cm; 1 A, 14 PV, 10 BV (6 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella skenoides Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 423 individuals
Large 1-3 cm; 47 A, 305 PV, 376 BV
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella levis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 113 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 113 PV, 5 BV (13 measurements)
Spiriferella gravis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 3315 individuals
V. large 1-3 cm; 84 A, 3231 PV, 440 BV (24 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer amphigyus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 10 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 1 A, 9 PV, 4 BV
Cartorhium chelomatum n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 76 individuals
9 A, 47 PV, 67 BV (13 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris tholiaphor n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 62 individuals
recombined as Orbicoelia tholiaphor
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 60 PV, 2 BV (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Spiriferinaella scalpata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 14 individuals
recombined as Johncarteria scalpata
V. large 2-4 cm; 1 A, 13 PV, 5 BV (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris conara n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 121 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 11 A, 110 PV, 98 BV (27 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina paucicostata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Large 1-2 cm; 1 A (1 measurement)
Spiriferellina hilli (Girty 1908)
Cooper and Grant 1977 45 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 13 A, 32 PV, 21 BV
Metriolepis pulvinata n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 9 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 6 A, 2 PV, 3 BV
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina informal sp. 1 Fredericks 1916
Cooper and Grant 1977 24 individuals
Medium 8-15 mm; 12 A, 7 PV, 12 BV
Reticulariina cerina n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 718 individuals
Medium 8-15 mm; 259 A, 348 PV, 459 BV (36 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina laqueata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 18 individuals
Medium 8-15 mm; 5 A, 13 PV, 12 BV
Paraspiriferina rotundata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 39 individuals
Small 8-10 mm; 14 A, 18 PV, 25 BV (10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia pugilla n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1990 individuals
ssp. pluscula; Medium 8-10 mm; 1585 A, 277 PV, 405 BV (44 measurements)
Hustedia sculptilis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Medium 8-10 mm; 1 PV, 1 BV
Thedusia procera n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 55 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 44 A, 10 PV, 11 BV
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cooper and Grant 1977 26 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 4 A, 12 PV, 22 BV
Composita parasulcata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 139 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 65 A, 35 PV, 74 BV (1 measurement)
Composita enormis n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 922 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 452 A, 451 PV, 470 BV (38 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
Cooper and Grant 1977 5 individuals
3 A, 2 PV
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma renode n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 548 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 208 A, 340 PV, 114 BV (10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella girtyi n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 16 individuals
ssp. girtyi; Medium 8-12 mm; 12 A, 4 PV, 2 BV
Cenorhynchia fracida n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 36 individuals
30 A, 5 PV, 6 BV (2 measurements)
Phrenophoria subcarinata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 56 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 22 A, 24 PV, 34 BV (5 measurements)
Tautosia transenna n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 82 individuals
Medium 8-15 mm; 67 A, 9 PV, 15 BV (9 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Ptygmactrum spiculatum n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Tiny <5 mm; 1 A, 1 BV (1 measurement)
Petasmatherus opulus n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Cooper and Grant 1977 558 individuals
Tiny 5 mm; 503 A, 36 PV, 55 BV (2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Allorhynchus permianum n. sp. (Stehli 1955)
Cooper and Grant 1977 35 individuals
26A, 6 PV, 9 BV; ssp. wordense (2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 4 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 2 PV, 1 BV (2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Paranorellidae
Paranorella informal sp. 1 Cloud 1944
Cooper and Grant 1977 11 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 2 A, 8 PV, 9 BV
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora palumbula n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 59 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 43 A, 12 PV, 16 BV (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Texarina elongata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 11 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 9 A, 1 PV, 2 BV (1 measurement)
Heterelasma sp. Girty 1908
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Small 5-8 mm; 1 PV
Heterelasma concavum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 23 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 17 A, 6 PV, 4 BV
Heterelasma pentagonum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 3 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 3 A
Heterelasma solidum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Small 5-8 mm; 1 PV
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis rectangulata n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Medium 1-1.5 cm; 1 PV, 1 BV
Notothyris venusta n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Tiny 5 mm; 1 PV, 1 BV (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Cooper and Grant 1977 21 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 13 A, 4 PV, 8 BV
Dielasma gracile n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 163 individuals
Large 1-2 cm; 126 A, 17 PV, 27 BV (9 measurements)
Dielasma zebratum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 9 individuals
Medium 8-10 mm; 9 A
Dielasma adamanteum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 13 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 6 A, 1 PV, 7 BV
Dielasma compactum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 6 individuals
Medium 8-12 mm; 3 A, 3 PV, 1 BV
Ectoposia wildei n. gen., n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Large 1.5 cm; 1 A
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Pseudodielasma ovatum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 36 individuals
Small 5-8 mm; 12 A, 13 PV, 24 BV
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Cooper and Grant 1977
Ramose bryozoa, Abundant; Museum ID
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
Cooper and Grant 1977
synonym of Fenestelloidea
Rare; Museum ID
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Adlatipora sp. Gautier et al. 2013
Gautier et al. 2013
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
2 RV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus levatiformis (Walcott 1884)
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
1 LV, 1 RV
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883
Cooper and Grant 1977 7 individuals
7 LV, 1 RV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten cheni Newell and Boyd 1985
Newell and Boyd 1995 2 individuals
2 LV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Girtypecten sublaqueatus (Girty 1908)
Newell and Boyd 1995 1 individual
1 RV
Heteropecten vanvleeti (Beede 1902)
Newell and Boyd 1995 1 individual
1 LV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten coloradoensis (Newberry 1861)
Newell and Boyd 1995 1 individual
1 LV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopectinella spinifera Newell and Boyd 1995
Newell and Boyd 1995 1 individual
1 LV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Obliquipecten granti Newell and Boyd 1995
Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Prospondylus acinetus Newell and Boyd 1970
Newell and Boyd 1970 5 individuals
5 LV
Pegmavalvula gloveri Newell and Boyd 1970
Newell and Boyd 1970 2 individuals
2 RV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Cyrtorostra varicostata Branson 1930
Newell and Boyd 1995 27 individuals
27 LV, 21 RV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Permanomiidae
Permanomia texana Newell and Boyd 1970
Newell and Boyd 1970 1 individual
1 LV
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten yini Newell and Boyd 1995
Newell and Boyd 1995
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalinidae indet. Frech 1891
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
1 LV, 2 RV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858
Cooper and Grant 1977 4 individuals
4 LV, 3 RV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
2 LV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954
Cooper and Grant 1977 3 individuals
3 LV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
? Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
2 LV, 2 RV; Museum ID
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Heteroschizodus macomoides Newell and Boyd 1975
Newell and Boyd 1975 2 individuals
2 LV
Schizodus texanus Clifton 1942
Newell and Boyd 1975 3 individuals
1 A, 2 RV
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Costatoriidae
Procostatoria sexaradiata
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
2 LV; Museum ID
Procostatoria gloveri Newell and Boyd 1975
Newell and Boyd 1995 6 individuals
1 LV, 6 RV
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Cooper and Grant 1977 133 individuals
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites sp. Yochelson 1956
Cooper and Grant 1977 8 individuals
Museum ID
Babylonites n. gen. conicus Yochelson 1956
Yochelson 1956 17 individuals
(2 measurements)
Babylonites carinatus n. gen., n. sp. Yochelson 1956
Yochelson 1956 30 individuals
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Sallya cf. striata Yochelson 1956
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Discotropis n. gen. publicus Yochelson 1956
Yochelson 1956 1 individual
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Museum ID
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 3 individuals
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
? Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Cooper and Grant 1977 2 individuals
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
? Stegocoelia sp. (Donald 1889)
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras (Orthonychia) bowsheri n. sp. Yochelson 1956
Yochelson 1956 219 individuals
recombined as Orthonychia bowsheri
Gastropoda
Pleurotomariacea indet. Swainson 1840
Cooper and Grant 1977 16 individuals
corrected as Pleurotomarioidea
Tiny; Museum ID
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus sp. de Koninck 1881
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulitidae indet. Lindström 1884
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Discotomaria sp. Batten 1956
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Eirlysia reticulata Batten 1958
Batten 1958 1 individual
? Tapinotomaria sp. Batten 1956
Cooper and Grant 1977 9 individuals
Museum ID
Tapinotomaria coronata Batten 1958
Batten 1958 1 individual
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949
Batten 1989 22 individuals
Glyptotomaria (Glyptotomaria) pistra Batten 1958
Batten 1958 1 individual
recombined as Dictyotomaria pistra
Lacunospira sp. Batten 1958
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Apachella huecoensis Batten 1989
Batten 1989 8 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
Cooper and Grant 1977 1 individual
Museum ID
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Pterochiton arthurcooperi Smith 1976
Smith 1976 1 specimen
recombined as Schematochiton arthurcooperi
1 tail valve
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras girtyi Böse 1919
Miller 1945
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Cooper and Grant 1977
Common, large (<1cm); Museum ID
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Cidaroida indet. (Claus 1880)
Kier 1958
Spines and plates
    = Eotiaris guadalupensis Thompson 2017
Thompson et al. 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° North, 33.0° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 3
Key time interval:Wordian
Age range of interval:268.80000 - 265.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Word
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lens, approximately 2 feet thick, between Willis Ranch and Appel Ranch Members.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,red sandy packstone
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray wackestone
Lithology description: Pink, recrystallized packstone and dark gray wackestone.
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Middle to outer shelf.
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:43550
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, P. Wagner, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 20:49:11 Last modified:2011-01-01 18:44:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-08-14 20:49:11
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]
46638 T. G. Gautier, P. N. Wyse Jackson, and F. K. McKinney. 2013. Adlatipora, a distinctive new acanthocladiid bryozoan from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas, U.S.A., and its bearing on fenestrate astogeny and growth. Journal of Paleontology 87:444-455 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11486 P. M. Kier. 1958. Permian echinoids from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):889-892 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
30039 A. K. Miller. 1945. Some exceptional Permian ammonoids from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 19(1):14-21 [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]
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