Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• 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 105904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Ombonia guadalupensis Girty 1908 | |
Collemataria sp. Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Thamnosia capitanensis Girty 1908 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenoscisma trabeatum Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Composita affinis Girty 1908 | |
Hustedia opsia Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Astegosia subquadrata Girty 1908 | |
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Martinia rhomboidalis Girty 1908 | |
Heterelasma shumardianum Girty 1908 | |
Paraspiriferina billingsi Shumard 1858 |