Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.8° N, 112.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 40.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Antimonio Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• "Monos Beds"; Dictyoclostus Zone is fourth-highest of seven in the succession
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: bulk
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper, C. O. Dunbar, H. Duncan, A. K. Miller, and J. B. Knight. 1953. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):1-111 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40832: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850 | |
"Dictyoclostus depressus" = Thamnosia depressa
"Dictyoclostus depressus" = Thamnosia depressa Cooper 1953 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell |