Where: Texas (29.9° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 34.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Breccia Zone Member (Cibolo Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), chemical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106162: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Tropidelasma robertsi Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Limbella limbata Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Scacchinella titan Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhipidomella hessensis King 1931 | |
Orthotichia irregularis Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825 | |
Antronaria mesicostalis Girty 1929 | |
Stenoscisma multicostum Stehli 1954 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Gypospirifer infraplicus King 1931 | |
Dielasma longisulcatum Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Medlicottia chozaensis Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite |