PBDB Collection

USNM700g, Arnold Ranch, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae

	? Amplexocarinia sp. Soshkina 1928	Ross and Ross 1962
	= Amplexocarinia delicata n. sp. Ross and Ross 1963	Ross and Ross 1963
	recombined as Falsiamplexus delicata
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

	Meekella texana King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Meekella prionota Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

	Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

	Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

	Echinaria cf. moorei (Dunbar and Condra 1932)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

	Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Kochiproductus primitivus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

	Kozlowskia sp. Fredericks 1933	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

	Limbella costata	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae

	Scacchinella primitiva Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

	Teguliferina boesei King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

	Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

	Neophricadothyris sp. Likharev 1934	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	synonym of Phricodothyris
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

	Eridmatus marathonensis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Texas	County:	Brewster
Coordinates:	30.2° North, 103.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	5.7° South, 37.8° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Carboniferous	Epoch:	Pennsylvanian
Stage:	Gzhelian	10 m.y. bin:	Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:	Gzhelian
Age range of interval:	303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Gaptank
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Virgilian

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: bioherm, about 15 feet wide and at least 2 or 3 feet high

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

Also known as:	Reef 3470
Database number:	43457
Authorizer:	D. Bottjer, M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2004-08-14 10:45:06	Last modified:	2011-02-21 20:39:25
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-08-14 10:45:06
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:

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]
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]
19067		R. E. Grant. 1969. Brachiopods in the Permian Reef Environment of West Texas. Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention, Part J 1444-1481 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
33654		C. A. Ross and J. P. Ross. 1962. Pennsylvanian, Permian rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 36:1163-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
33655		J. P. Ross and C. A. Ross. 1963. Late Paleozoic rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 37:409-420 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]