USNM727u, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.2° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 34.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Decie Ranch Member (Skinner Ranch Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, 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 75887: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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).
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Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Acritosia peculiaris1
Acritosia peculiaris1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Productellidae
Spyridiophora reticulata1
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Chonosteges matutinus1
Chonosteges matutinus1 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Geyerella hessi1, Meekella hessensis1
Geyerella hessi1 Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella hessensis1 King 1931
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes rotundobesus1
Enteletes rotundobesus1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia newelli1
Orthotichia newelli1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hessensis1
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria titania1, Antronaria emarginata1
Antronaria titania1 Cooper and Grant 1976
Antronaria emarginata1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma problematicum1
Stenoscisma problematicum1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Cartorhium zoyei1
Cartorhium zoyei1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita apheles1
Composita apheles1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.1
Hustedia sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1893
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Girtypecten sublaqueatus3
Girtypecten sublaqueatus3 Girty 1908 scallop
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophotichiidae
Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) tubaeformis2, Paraduplophyllum (Paraduplophyllum) oppositum2, Paraduplophyllum (Paraduplophyllum) multiplicatum n. sp.2
Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) tubaeformis2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
subsp. tubaeformis
Paraduplophyllum (Paraduplophyllum) multiplicatum n. sp.2 Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
1Cooper and Grant 1977; 2Fedorowski 1987; 3Newell and Boyd 1995