USNM728y, Franklin Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 106.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 38.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hueco Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 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 106000: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer nelsoni Cooper and Grant 1976