Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Word Formation, Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
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 106046: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Dyoros (Dyoros) convexus Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Meekella skenoides Girty 1908 | |
Megousia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Liosotella wordensis King 1931 | |
Yakovlevia hessorum Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Costispinifera rugatula Girty 1908 | |
Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Neospirifer amphigyus Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Enteletes wordensis King 1931 |