USGS 6672 blue, Sierra Diablo (Permian of the United States)
Where: Texas (31.5° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 3.1° N, 33.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: R. M. Finks. 1995. Some new genera of Paleozoic calcareous sponges. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 6:1-9 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108405: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Demospongiae | |
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Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1908 demosponge
Guadalupia vasa Finks 2010 demosponge
Guadalupia zitteliana Girty 1908 demosponge | |
"Polysiphonia cf. flabellata" = Polysiphonaria flabellata
"Polysiphonia cf. flabellata" = Polysiphonaria flabellata Finks 1995 demosponge | |
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Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995 demosponge | |