Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 36.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Neal Ranch Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• Wolfcamp Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108379: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Stereodictyum orthoplectum n. gen.
Stereodictyum orthoplectum n. gen. Finks 1960 glass sponge |