USNM728i, Big Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (32.0° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lamar Member (Bell Canyon Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

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 105989: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
Sarganostega pressa Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Arionthia lamaria Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Crenispirifer myllus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia opsia Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita affinis Girty 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Allorhynchus venustulum Cooper and Grant 1976
Fascicosta bella Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Aphaurosia scutata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Dielasma sulcatum Girty 1908
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Timorina ovata Girty 1908
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Elivina detecta" = Quispira detecta
"Elivina detecta" = Quispira detecta Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris guadalupensis" = Orbicoelia guadalupensis
"Crurithyris guadalupensis" = Orbicoelia guadalupensis Girty 1908
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia magnispina Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Sestropoma cribriferum Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Collemataria spatulata Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae