Chinaberry Draw (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 86

Where: New Mexico (32.2° N, 104.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 32.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Data from upper part of Capitan-Massive Member

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

• Thick and massive reef limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Fagerstrom and O. Weidlich. 1999. Strengths and weaknesses of the reef guild concept and quantitative data: Application to the Upper Capitan-massive community (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico-Texas. Facies 40:131-156 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24203: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
dweller
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
dweller
  - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella hidensis Endo 1959
encrusting
Collenella
  -
Collenella sp. Johnson 1942
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Archaeolithophyllum sp. Johnson 1956
dweller
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
dweller
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
dweller
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Eugonophyllum sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet. foram
encrusting
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
dweller
Ascidiacea
 Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
Permosoma sp. sea squirt
dweller
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
encrusting
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
? Sestropoma cribriferum Cooper and Grant 1969
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia sp. Etheridge 1876
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
Girtypora sp. Morozova 1966
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Shamovella
  -
Shamovella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1951
encrusting
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
dweller
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora spinata tabulate coral
dweller
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Heliospongia vokesi King 1943 demosponge
= ramosa
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Virgola neptunica demosponge
cummulative percentage 67
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Lemonea conica Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
Lemonea polysiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
Lemonea micra Rigby et al. 1998 demosponge
Lemonea cylindrica Girty 1908 demosponge
Lemonea exaulifera Rigby et al. 1998 demosponge
Cystothalamia guadalupensis Girty 1908 demosponge
Guadalupia zitteliana Girty 1908 demosponge
"Guadalupia explanata" = Polyphymaspongia explanata King 1943 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882 demosponge
cummulative percentage 34
Girtyocoelia beedi demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Gigantospongia discoforma Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Grossotubenella parallela Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
"? Peronidella delicata" = Preperonidella delicata Rigby et al. 1998 demosponge
Lercaritubus problematicus Flugel et al. 1990 demosponge
dweller
Bicoelia guadalupensis Rigby et al. 1998 demosponge
Minispongia constricta Girty 1908 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Tristratocoelia rhythmica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Parauvanella minima Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
Exaulipora permica Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge