PBDB Collection

USNM701d, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains: Asselian, Texas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

	Triproetus angustus Brezinski 1992	Brezinski 1992
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

	Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Neochonetes parvus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Neochonetes liratus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Sulcataria latisulcata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

	Geyerella kingorum Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Meekella prionota Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

	Diplanus catatonus Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(12 measurements)

	Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Derbyia carteri Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category

	Derbyia profunda Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category

	Derbyia scitula Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

	Chelononia straminea Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(5 measurements)

	Tropidelasma culmenatum Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Goniarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

	Eolyttonia fredericksi (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Pseudoleptodus conicus Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(8 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

	Teguliferina boesei King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	(14 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae

	Atelestegastus marginatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(5 measurements)

	Cooperina triangulata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

	Ctenalosia primitiva Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Limbella wolfcampensis (King 1931)	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

	Echinauris subquadrata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Echinauris interrupta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(1 measurement)

	Fimbrinia plummeri (King 1938)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Spyridiophora distincta Cooper and Stehli 1955	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

	Reticulatia robusta Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(1 measurement)

	Kochiproductus informal sp. 3 Dunbar 1955	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

	Striatifera linoproductiformis Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	recombined as Regrantia linoproductiformis
	(11 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

	Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Cancrinella parva Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae

	Linoproductus semisulcatus Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	recombined as Coopericus semisulcatus
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

	Hystriculina convexa Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(10 measurements)

	Hystriculina sulcata Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category

	Hystriculina minima Cooper and Grant 1975	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(7 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

	Juresania informal sp. 2 Fredericks 1928	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category

	Calliprotonia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

	Chondronia rectimarginata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

	Dielasma pygmaeum Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

	Beecheria elliptica Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

	Rhynchopora molina Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

	Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

	Pontisia kingi Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

	Cenorhynchia hebata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)

	Cenorhynchia ventricosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

	Hemileurus runcinatus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

	Altiplecus argutus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(11 measurements)

	Reticulariina strigosa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
	(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

	Crurithyris tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	A category
	recombined as Orbicoelia tumibilis
	(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

	Eridmatus sp. Branson 1966	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

	Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
	(10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

	Neophricadothyris transversa Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	R category
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

	Composita strongyle Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(19 measurements)

	Cleiothyridina rectimarginata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

	Hustedia trita Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VA category
	ssp. leptyca (33 measurements)

	Hustedia crepax Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

	Rhipidomella miscella Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
	(4 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

	Enteletes wolfcampensis King 1931	Cooper and Grant 1977	C category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

	Acosarina rectimarginata Cooper and Grant 1976	Cooper and Grant 1977	SA category
	"Superabundant" (7 measurements)
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

	Lepidocrania sparsispinosa Cooper and Grant 1974	Cooper and Grant 1977	VR category
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Damilinidae

	Lepetopsis patella Yochelson 1960	Yochelson 1960	4 individuals
	recombined as Novlepatella patella
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

	Elversella n. gen. rugosa McRoberts and Newell 2001	McRoberts and Newell 2001
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949	Batten 1989	36 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

	Omphalotrochus wolfcampensis Yochelson 1956	Yochelson 1956	1 individual
	(1 measurement)
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

	Heliospongia ramosa Girty 1908	Finks 1960
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

	? Paralleynia acclinis n. sp. Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	26 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

	Monophyllum cassum Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae

	Falsiamplexus elongatus Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	2 specimens

	Actinophrentis columnare Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophotichiidae

	Lophotichium rotundiseptum Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	22 specimens

	Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) nealranchense Fedorowski 1987	Fedorowski 1987	2 specimens
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

	Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari (Moore and Jeffords 1941)	Fedorowski 1987	19 specimens
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Texas	County:	Brewster
Coordinates:	30.3° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	4.4° South, 36.6° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Permian	Epoch:	Cisuralian
Stage:	Asselian	10 m.y. bin:	Permian 1
Key time interval:	Asselian
Age range of interval:	298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Neal Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Approx. beds 12-14, section 24 of P.B. King (=USNM Bed 4). Wolfcampian (Nealian).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified "limestone"
Environment:	reef, buildup or bioherm

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some macrofossils
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 344
Database number:	43475
Authorizer:	D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, W. Kiessling	Enterer:	M. Clapham, U. Merkel
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2004-08-14 10:45:55	Last modified:	2013-09-01 10:49:05
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-08-14 10:45:55
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:

11473		R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11483		D. K. Brezinski. 1992. Permian trilobites from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):924-943 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]
11471		R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]
11475		C. A. McRoberts and N.D. Newell. 2001. A new Permian myalinid genus, Elversella, of west Texas. American Museum Novitates 3311:1-5 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11481		E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11477		E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]