USNM750a, Rattlesnake Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (32.2° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

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 102629: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida -
Scapharina levis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Grandaurispina "sp. 5"2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Collemataria sp.2 Cooper and Grant 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma trabeatum2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Strigirhynchia transversa2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Tautosia shumardiana2 Girty 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Fascicosta longaeva2 Girty 1908
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.2 Fredericks 1916
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata2
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia opsia2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anisopyge perannulata1 Shumard 1858 trilobite