Low ridges at south foot of Cretaceous limestone mesa (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 102.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 37.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by A.G. Nance, P.B. King; reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: C. O. Dunbar and J. W. Skinner. 1937. The geology of Texas, volume III. Upper Paleozoic ammonites and fusulinids, part 2. Permian Fusulinidae of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:517-825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112344: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae