Where: New Mexico (32.2° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° 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: R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (revised) (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). In J. K. Rigby (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121942: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882 demosponge | |
"Guadalupia explanata" = Polyphymaspongia explanata, Lemonea micra
"Guadalupia explanata" = Polyphymaspongia explanata King 1943 demosponge
Lemonea micra Rigby et al. 1998 demosponge |