USNM750, Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (32.2° N, 104.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; 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 102628: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Tropidelasma gregarium2
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Ombonia guadalupensis2
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus pinniformis2
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Paucispinifera latidorsata2
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Astegosia subquadrata2, Anomaloria anomala2
Anomaloria anomala2 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia rhomboidalis2
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Aneuthelasma amygdalinum2
Aneuthelasma amygdalinum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.2, Dielasma subcirculare2, Plectelasma planidorsatum2, Plectelasma guadalupense2
Dielasma sp.2 King 1856
Dielasma subcirculare2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Plectelasma planidorsatum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Allorhynchus sp.2
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina pilularis2
Cleiothyridina pilularis2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata1
Anisopyge perannulata1 Shumard 1858 trilobite
1Brezinski 1992; 2Cooper and Grant 1977