Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: chemical,
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 105747: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) planus Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Peniculauris subcostata King 1931 | |
Megousia umbonata Cooper and Grant 1975 |