USNM717, Threemile Peak, Van Horn (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.1° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 34.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hueco Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

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 121510: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Retispira) eximia" = Yochelsonellisa eximia Yochelson 1960 snail