Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: China Tank Member (Word Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: 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 105933: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011
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Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Dyoros (Lissosia) concavus Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Meekella skenoides Girty 1908 | |
Megousia mucronata Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Paucispinifera auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenoscisma renode Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Rhynchopora palumbula Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Dielasma sp. King 1856 | |
Spiriferellina hilli Girty 1908
Metriolepis pulvinata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Composita enormis Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor
"Crurithyris tholiaphor" = Orbicoelia tholiaphor Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Neospirifer amphigyus Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Spiriferella embrithes Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Enteletes wordensis King 1931 |