NMMNH locality 5311, Arroyo de la Presilla (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (34.1° N, 106.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° S, 39.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Atokan

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Repository: Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Primary reference: A. Ivanov, S. G. Lucas, and K. Krainer. 2009. Pennsylvanian fishes from the Sandia Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 60th Field Conference, Geology of the Chupadera Mesa Region 243-248 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149385: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Bythiacanthus sp. StJohn and Worthen 1875 elasmobranch
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodontidae indet. Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera