USNM3322, Orogrande (Permian of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (32.4° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 35.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hueco Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101784: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Apachella franciscana Chronic 1952 snail