Hess Canyon block (SUI) (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Word Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Between Third (Willis Ranch) and Fourth (Appel Ranch) Limestones

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the SUI

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric

Primary reference: H. L. Strimple. 1966. A unique crinoid from the Upper Permian. Oklahoma Geology Notes 26:80-84 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118081: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Agnostocrinus ornatus n. sp. Strimple 1971 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Parindocrinidae
Metaindocrinus cooperi n. sp. Strimple 1966 Sea lily