Where: Texas (31.7° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 30.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Talpa Member (Clyde Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
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 121493: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus n. sp." = Waagenella lineatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus, "Knightites (Knightites) maximus" = Knightites maximus
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus n. sp." = Waagenella lineatus Yochelson 1960 snail
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus Yochelson 1960 snail
"Knightites (Knightites) maximus" = Knightites maximus Yochelson 1960 snail |