USNM702f, Hill 5767, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita bucculenta Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma longisulcatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hessensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes subcircularis Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria transversa (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Antronaria speciosa Cooper and Grant 1976
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Thamnosia silicica Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Peniculauris imitata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae
Linoproductus undatus Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
recombined as Coopericus undatus
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Oncosarina whitei (King 1931)
Cooper and Grant 1977 R category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
Tschernyschewia inexpectans Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
recombined as Trigonoproductus inexpectans
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Limbella informal sp. 1 Stehli 1954
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Eolyttonia sp. Frederiks 1924
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella hessensis King 1931
Cooper and Grant 1977 VR category
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Newell and Boyd 1995
original and current combination Aviculipecten montpelierensis
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites (Retispira) girtyi Yochelson 1960
Yochelson 1960 1 individual
synonym of Retispira lyelli
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Worthenia multilineata Batten 1989
Batten 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Biarmeaspira multilineata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949
Batten 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Omphalotrochus hessensis n. sp. Yochelson 1956
Yochelson 1956 1 individual
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.0° North, 33.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Kungurian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Kungurian
Age range of interval:283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hess Member:Taylor Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Taylor Ranch Member is approx. 5 m thick. Leonardian (Hessian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
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
Database number:43499
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-14 12:42:20 Last modified:2011-01-02 17:35:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-14 12:42:20
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]
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]
11472 N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95 [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]