Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Top of the Capitan Limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; 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 108800: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
"Guadalupia cylindrica" = Lemonea cylindrica, Cystothalamia cf. nodulifera n. gen.
"Guadalupia cylindrica" = Lemonea cylindrica Girty 1908 demosponge
Cystothalamia cf. nodulifera n. gen. Girty 1908 demosponge | |
"Virgula cf. rigida" = Virgola rigida
"Virgula cf. rigida" = Virgola rigida Girty 1908 demosponge | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella capitanensis Girty 1908 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908 |