Where: California (35.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° 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)

• ~1000 m stratigraphically above base of exposed section, 120 m stratigraphically above base of unit 4, uppermost exposed beds in section . Elevation ~1200 m

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by C. H. Stevens and P. Stone in 2003; reposited in the UNSM

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 129562: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 24.06.2012

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