AMNH585, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 33.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Getaway Member (Cherry 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. 2010. The sponge family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian. Journal of Paleontology 84(5):821-847 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108406: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty 1908 demosponge