Where: California (36.0° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 41.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zone 3 foram zone, Bird Spring Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 17 m above base of section, 24 m below top of Bird Spring Formation, elevation ~1000 m

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by C. H. Stevens in 2003

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: C. H. Stevens and P. Stone. 2007. The Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Bird Spring carbonate shelf, southeastern California: fusulinid biostratigraphy, paleogeographic evolution, and tectonic implications. Geological Society of America Special Paper 429:1-82 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129179: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 21.06.2012

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