Where: Texas (32.0° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Low down in 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 108823: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina sulcata" = Paraspiriferina evax
"Spiriferina sulcata" = Paraspiriferina evax Girty 1908 | |
Dielasma prolongatum Girty 1908 |