USGS 2903 green, Guadalupe Canyon, 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: Cherry Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• About 700 feet above the basal black limestone in the Delaware Mountain sandstone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108799: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus latidorsatus" = Paucispinifera latidorsata, Liosotella wordensis, "Productus texanus" = Liosotella texana
"Productus latidorsatus" = Paucispinifera latidorsata Girty 1908
"Productus texanus" = Liosotella texana Girty 1908
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus walcottianus" = Costispinifera walcottiana
"Productus walcottianus" = Costispinifera walcottiana Girty 1908
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus waagenianus" = Megousia waageniana
"Productus waagenianus" = Megousia waageniana Girty 1908
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes" sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae