Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: chemical,
Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110512: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail | |
Byzantia obliqua n. gen.
Byzantia obliqua n. gen. Kosnik 1997 snail | |
Brochidium morrisi Yochelson 1956 snail
Dichostasia complex Yochelson 1956 snail | |
Babylonites turritus Yochelson 1956 snail |