PBDB Collection

USNM702e, Hill 5725, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Clinodomia obstipa	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	Labelled in collection, never published?
Fusulinidae

	Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878	Cooper and Grant 1977
	Personal ID from collections
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1 LV, Small
Bivalvia - Carditida

	Crassatellacea indet. Férussac 1822	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	corrected as Crassatelloidea
	1 LV, 1 RV, Medium 8 mm
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

	Astartella sp. Hall 1858	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1 LV, Small
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

	Elversella n. gen. rugosa McRoberts and Newell 2001	McRoberts and Newell 2001	11 individuals
	3A, 8LV, 1RV, Medium
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

	Eocamptonectes papillatus (Girty 1908)	Newell and Boyd 1995	7 individuals
	6 LV, 7 RV, Medium-Large

	Guizhoupecten cheni Newell and Boyd 1985	Newell and Boyd 1985
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	1 individual
	1 LV, V. large
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

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

	Cassianoides kingorum Newell and Boyd 1995	Newell and Boyd 1995	1 individual
	1 RV, Small

	Girtypecten sublaqueatus (Girty 1908)	Newell and Boyd 1995
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Apachella sp. Winters 1956	Cooper and Grant 1977	4 individuals
	Personal ID from collections

	Lacunospira sp. Batten 1958	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	Personal ID from collections

	Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	Personal ID from collections

	Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949	Batten 1989	2 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

	Tapinotomaria rugosa Batten 1956	Batten 1958	6 individuals
	(3 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

	Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897	Cooper and Grant 1977	4 individuals
	Personal ID from collections
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

	Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840	Cooper and Grant 1977	2 individuals
	Personal ID from collections
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

	? Murchisonia (Donaldospira) sp. Batten 1966	Cooper and Grant 1977	2 individuals
	spelled with current rank as Donaldospira
	Personal ID from collections
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida

	Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808	Cooper and Grant 1977	2 individuals
	Personal ID from collections
	= Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851	Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

	Platyceras (Orthonychia) cf. bowsheri Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	2 specimens
	recombined as Orthonychia bowsheri
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

	? Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	Rostroconch, possibly Conocardium, Personal ID from collections
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

	Perrinites hilli (Smith 1903)	Cooper and Grant 1977
	sensu lato
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

	Antronaria speciosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	9 individuals
	8A, 1P, 1B, Medium ~1cm

	Antronaria transversa (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	155 individuals
	151A, 4P, 0B, Medium ~1cm (3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

	Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1A, V. large 2 cm

	Stenoscisma hadrum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	39 individuals
	38A, 1P, 1B, V. large 2 cm (2 measurements)

	Stenoscisma doricranum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1A, Medium
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

	Chondronia ningula Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	42 individuals
	42A, Tiny 4 mm
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

	Heterelasma informal sp. 4 Girty 1908	Cooper and Grant 1977	4 individuals
	4A, Medium 8 mm
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

	Dielasma longisulcatum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	5 individuals
	3A, 2P, 1B, Medium
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

	Enteletes subcircularis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	57 individuals
	47A, 10P, 8B, Huge 2-4 cm
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

	Acosarina dorsisulcata Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	132 individuals
	synonym of Acosarina minuta
	72A, 60P, 40B, Medium ~1cm
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

	Rhipidomella hessensis King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	2168 individuals
	1730A, 324P, 438B, Large 1.5 cm (10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

	Hustedia cepacea Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	943 individuals
	940A, 3P, 3B, Small 5-8 mm (32 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

	Composita apsidata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	428 individuals
	416A, 12P, 10B, V. large 2 cm (39 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

	Crurithyris informal sp. C George 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	127 individuals
	30A, 97P, 24B, Tiny 4 mm
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

	Neospirifer notialis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	34 individuals
	30A, 4P, 2B, Monstrous >5 cm (5 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

	Rugaria hessensis (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	256 individuals
	255A, 1P, Medium (16 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

	Derbyia crenulata Girty 1908	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1A, Medium

	Diplanus lamellatus (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	4 individuals
	3A, 1P, Medium
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

	Meekella hessensis King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	6 individuals
	6A, Large (3 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

	Goniarina futilis Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1P, 1B, Medium 8 mm
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

	Chonosteges limbatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	28 individuals
	28 A, Medium 8 mm

	Limbella informal sp. 1 Stehli 1954	Cooper and Grant 1977	2 individuals
	2A, V. large 2 cm
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

	Teguliferina compacta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	3 individuals
	3A, Medium
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

	Oncosarina whitei (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	145 individuals
	43A, 102P, Large 1 cm
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

	Peniculauris imitata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	22 individuals
	9A, 13P, Monstrous >5 cm
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

	Thamnosia silicica Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	34 individuals
	19A, 15P, 1B, V. large 2 cm (2 measurements)

	Spyridiophora reticulata (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	3 individuals
	2A, 1P, Large (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae

	Linoproductus undatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	17 individuals
	recombined as Coopericus undatus
	5A, 12P, V. large 2 cm (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

	Compressoproductus informal sp. 1 Sarytcheva 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	1 individual
	1A, Large?
unclassified

	Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831	Cooper and Grant 1977
	Ramose bryozoa, Personal ID from collections
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

	Adlatipora sp. Gautier et al. 2013	Gautier et al. 2013
Crinoidea

	Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821	Cooper and Grant 1977
	Personal ID from collections
Echinoidea

	Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)	Cooper and Grant 1977
	Personal ID from collections
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophotichiidae

	Assimulia (Assimulia) flexibilis Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	16 specimens

	Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) amplexoides Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	6 specimens
	subsp. amplexoides

	Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) nealranchense Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	4 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

	Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) ? dunbari (Moore and Jeffords 1941)	Fedorowski 1987	1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

	Diffingia largifica Fedorowski 1985	Fedorowski 1985	1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae

	Girtycoelia sp. King 1933
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

	Heliospongia sp. Girty 1908
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:	Hess	Member:	Taylor Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Taylor Ranch member is ~5 m thick (approx.) Leonardian (Hessian).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	gray lithified silty wackestone
Lithology description: Very light grey, silty, brachiopod wackestone. Sparse small crinoid fragments (usually <3 mm, rarely up to 8 mm), and rare tiny bryozoans.
Environment:	reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: bioherm

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:	43497
Authorizer:	D. Bottjer, P. Wagner, W. Kiessling, M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, P. Wagner, U. Merkel
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2004-08-14 12:42:09	Last modified:	2011-01-02 17:29:01
Access level:	authorizer only	Released:	2007-08-14 12:42:09
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]
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]
33492		J. Fedorowski. 1985. Diffingiina, a new suborder of the rugose corals from SW Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 30:209-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
25624		J. Fedorowski. 1987. Upper Paleozoic rugose corals from southwestern Texas and adjacent areas: Gaptank Formation and Wolfcampian corals. Palaeontologia Polonica 48:3-271 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
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]
27611		N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1985. Permian scallops of the pectinacean family Streblochondriidae. American Museum Novitates 2831:1-13 [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]
9042		P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]