Northwest of D South Wells (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: South Wells Member (Cherry Canyon Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• "Delware Mountain Formation" - probably South Wells Mb.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.W. Beede

• Repository: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.

Primary reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128592: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Eumedlicottia guadalupensis" = Eumedlicottia burckhardti
"Eumedlicottia guadalupensis" = Eumedlicottia burckhardti Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
"Pseudogastrioceras altudense" = Altudoceras altudense
"Pseudogastrioceras altudense" = Altudoceras altudense Böse 1919 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
"Waagenoceras guadalupense" = Mexicoceras guadalupense
"Waagenoceras guadalupense" = Mexicoceras guadalupense Girty 1909 ammonite