Abstract:
The fifth of a six-part monograph on the brachiopods and Permian stratigraphy of the Glass Mountains and other ranges in western Texas and adjacent areas, this volume completes the systematic and descriptive part of the monograph with a discussion of the punctate groups. The Order Rhipidomellida contains 1 genus in the superfamily Rhipidomellacea, 4 in the Enteletacea, 1 in the Rhynchoporcea, 11 in the Spiriferinacea, and 2 in the Retziacea. The greatest number of species in this volume belong to the Order Terebratulida, contained in 19 genera.