USGS 2932 green, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

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
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina sulcata" = Paraspiriferina evax
"Spiriferina sulcata" = Paraspiriferina evax Girty 1908
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae