Where: Coahuila, Mexico (26.4° N, 102.9° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 34.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Palo Quemado Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Sestropoma mexicanum n. sp.
Sestropoma mexicanum n. sp. Cooper and Grant 1975 |