USGS 3840, Glass Mountains: Roadian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora grandis var. guadalupensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 31.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Roadian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 3
Key time interval: Roadian
Age range of interval: 274.4 - 266.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Word Member:China Tank
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:108898
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-05-08 10:27:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-05-08 10:27:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
15631. G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]