Robledo Mountains L-03012: Sakmarian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
1 specimen
Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae
Wewokella sp. Girty 1912
3 specimens
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Common category
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Common category
Cidaroid
Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Agassizodus sp. St. John and Worthen 1875
1 element
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia spp.
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella cf. sparsispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
3 specimens
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Squamaria aff. moorei Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
225 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia kingi Cooper and Grant 1976
20 specimens
Pontisia aff. wolfcampensis Cooper and Grant 1976
6 specimens
Antronaria sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
cf. Tautosia podistra Cooper and Grant 1976
16 specimens
? Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
18 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita spp.
20 specimens
Composita bucculenta Cooper and Grant 1976
222 specimens
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976
20 specimens
recombined as Orbicoelia tumibilis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hessense Cooper and Grant 1976
13 specimens
(1 measurement)
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Vinellidae
Condranema magna (Condra and Elias 1944)
Uncommon category
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Uncommon category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora spp.
Common category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rare category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora spp.
Uncommon category
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
Common category
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Omphalotrochus obtusispira (Shumard 1859)
94 specimens
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus cornudanus (Shumard 1859)
32 specimens
recombined as Straparollus (Euomphalus) cornudanus
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
? Tychonia inexpectata n. sp. Kues 1995
11 specimens
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia aff. whitei Knight 1933
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sp. M'Coy 1844
13 specimens
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophontacea indet. M'Coy 1851
51 specimens
corrected as Bellerophontoidea
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
cf. Patellilabia sp. Knight 1945
5 specimens
Retispira eximia (Yochelson 1960)
5 specimens
recombined as Yochelsonellisa eximia
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites informal sp. 1 Warthin 1930
7 specimens
(1 measurement)
Euphemites informal sp. 2 Warthin 1930
1 specimen
? Euphemites informal sp. 3 Warthin 1930
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Euphemites spp.
22 specimens
Euphemitopsis multinodosa Yochelson 1960
19 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulitidae indet. Lindström 1884
17 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa (Meek and Worthen 1860)
10 specimens
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
18 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya cf. radiata (Meek and Worthen 1860)
2 specimens
recombined as Acharax radiata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sulcata Geinitz 1866
Uncommon category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna peracuta (Shumard and Swallow 1858)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Aviculopecten informal sp. 2 M'Coy 1851
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942
20 specimens
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus aff. ulrichi Worthen 1890
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale (Hall 1852)
16 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
? Liroceras sp. Teichert 1940
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Stenopoceras sp. Hyatt 1893
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
? Temnocheilus sp. M'Coy 1844
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceratidae indet. Flower and Caster 1935
6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Dona Ana
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 106.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.2° North, 37.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Sakmarian
Age range of interval:293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hueco Member:Robledo Mountains
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Mostly covered gray shale and interbedded limestone interval immediately below uppermost red sandstone bed of "Abo Tongue"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMMNH
Collection method comments: Also curated at UNM
Metadata
Database number:39154
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-05-21 12:01:39 Last modified:2013-08-31 13:28:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-21 12:01:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10570. B. S. Kues. 1995. Marine fauna of the Early Permian (Wolfcampian) Robledo Mountains Member, Hueco Formation, southern Robledo Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 6:63-90 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]