Where: Texas (31.5° N, 105.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 36.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hueco Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Basal clastic beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus Yochelson 1960 snail |