Where: Texas (32.0° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.3° 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
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: bulk, 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 106161: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858 | |
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata
"Eliva inflata" = Aequalicosta inflata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Hustedia rupinata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Composita emarginata Girty 1908 | |
Pleurelasma costatum Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Timorina schuchertensis Girty 1908 | |
Paraspiriferina evax Girty 1908 | |
Altiplecus periosus Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Tautosia shumardiana Girty 1908
Strigirhynchia transversa Cooper and Grant 1976
Strigirhynchia indentata Shumard 1859 | |
Anteridocus swallovianus Shumard 1859 | |
Strophomenata | |
Echinosteges guadalupensis Shumard 1858
Rhamnaria shumardi Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Thamnosia capitanensis Girty 1908 | |
Scapharina levis Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
Liosotella popei Shumard 1858 |