Where: New Mexico (32.1° N, 104.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby, B. Senowbari-Daryan, and H. Liu. 1998. Sponges of the Permian Upper Capitan Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas. BYU Geology Studies 43:19-117 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121909: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2011

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