Panther Seep Fm - Hembrillo Pass, San Andres Mts: Gzhelian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Ditomopyge sp.
Newell 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ditomopyge decurtata
(Gheyselinck 1937)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella varica
McChesney 1860
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Aviculopinna sp.
Meek 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblochondria cf. stantonensis
Newell 1938
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limipectinidae
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Acanthopecten sp.
Girty 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Septimyalina burmai
Newell 1942
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Omphalotrochidae
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Omphalotrochus aff. obtusispira
(Shumard 1859)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Amphiscapha aff. subrugosa
(Meek and Worthen 1873)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
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Bellerophontida indet.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites sp.
Warthin 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Euphemites aff. batteni
Yochelson 1960
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Pharkidonotus sp.
Girty 1912
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhomboporidae
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cf. Rhombopora sp.
Meek 1872
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| moderately common | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Septoporidae
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Septopora cf. spinulosa
(Moore 1929)
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| uncommon | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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"Fenestella" sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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| uncommon | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Penniretepora sp.
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| uncommon | ||||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Petrocrania modesta
(White and St. John 1867)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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197 specimens | |||||||||
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Cleiothyridina pecosii
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Pontisiidae
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Pontisia cf. wolfcampensis
Cooper and Grant 1976
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Pontisia kingi
Cooper and Grant 1976
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235 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella hessensis
King 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia deercreekensis
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49 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Neochonetes semiacanthus
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Neochonetes granulifer
(Owen 1852)
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250 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Reticulatia sp. n. sp.
Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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162 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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? Kozlowskia sp.
Fredericks 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| moderately common [originally entered as "Crinoida indet."] | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Echinoida
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Echinoida indet.
Troschel 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Dona Ana |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 106.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.8° South, 38.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | 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: | Panther Seep | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The fauna was collected from a fossiliferous interval about a meter thick, about 5 meters below the prominent brown sandstone that locally caps the ridge | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Tan to grey calcareous shale unit containing thin, interbedded argillaceous limestone beds | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NMMNH Locality 4992 | ||
| Database number: | 64273 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | C. Powers |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-05 19:01:20 | Last modified: | 2009-09-25 17:19:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-05 19:01:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18549. | B. S. Kues. 2002. A marine invertebrate fauna from the upper part of the Panther Seep Formation (earliest Wolfcampian) near Hembrillo Pass, San Andres Mountains, south-central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 53rd Field Conference, Geology of White Sands 241-256 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers] |