USNM701p, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3471

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uddenites-bearing Shale Member (Gaptank Formation), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Virgilian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• limestone beds with shaly intervals; possibly of biohermal origin but not expressed as a mound

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), chemical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43483: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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).
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sulcata1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Hystriculina ventroplana1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania "sp. 1"1 Fredericks 1928
Echinaria cf. moorei1 Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Productida - Productellidae
Kutorginella uddeni1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Nudauris tribulosa1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Nudauris splendens1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia "sp. 2"1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp.1 Chao 1927
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella prionota1 Cooper and Grant 1974
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp.1 Muir-Wood 1962
"Chonetinella costellata" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) costellata1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Neochonetes liratus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Lissochonetes parvisulcatus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Sulcataria "sp. 1"1 Cooper and Grant 1969
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp.1 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea sp.1 Cloud 1944
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris transversa1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris tumibilis" = Orbicoelia tumibilis1
"Crurithyris tumibilis" = Orbicoelia tumibilis1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Eridmatus marathonensis1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer anancites1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.1 Fredericks 1916
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.1 Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1893
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Uddenites schucherti1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Boesites texanus1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
"Eoasianites modestus" = Glaphyrites modestus1
"Eoasianites modestus" = Glaphyrites modestus1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras sp.1 Schmidt 1925 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras ciscoense1 Smith 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Vidrioceras uddeni1 Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Marathonitidae
"Kargalites parkeri" = Subkargalites parkeri1, "Marathonites ganti" = Cardiella ganti1
"Kargalites parkeri" = Subkargalites parkeri1 Heilprin 1884 ammonite
"Marathonites ganti" = Cardiella ganti1 Smith 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
"Schistoceras hyatti" = Schistoceras missouriense1
"Schistoceras hyatti" = Schistoceras missouriense1 Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
Dunbarites sp.1 Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis "sp. A"4 Vaughan 1906 horn coral
? Euryphyllum robustum2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Monophyllum cassum2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Allotropiochisma (Alligia) flabellum2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Allotropiochisma (Abeophyllum) texanum n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
? Allotropiochisma (Allotropiochisma) uddenitense n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Bradyphyllum "sp. 1"2 Grabau 1928 horn coral
Bradyphyllum postwannense2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
? Bradyphyllum coagmentum n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Bradyphyllum counterseptatum n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Lytvolasma aucta n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae
"Lophophyllidium solidum" = Pseudowannerophyllum solidum3
"Lophophyllidium solidum" = Pseudowannerophyllum solidum3 Ross and Ross 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Heritschioides sp.3 Yabe 1950 horn coral
Dibunophyllum sp.3 Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia "sp. A"3 Soshkina 1928 horn coral
Amplexocarinia "sp. B"3 Soshkina 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophotichiidae
Assimulia (Assimulia) uddenitense n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium vallum3 Ross and Ross 1962 horn coral
Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari2 Moore and Jeffords 1941 horn coral