UNM 1320, Tularosa clay pit (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (33.1° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 37.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laborcita Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• About 25 m above the base of the Laborcita Formation. Laborcita Formation contains basal Wolfcampian fusulinids, now correlated with Gzhelian of international scale.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UNM

Primary reference: B. S. Kues. 1991. Some gastropods from the Lower Wolfcampian (basal Permian) Laborcita Formation. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 42:221-230 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160175: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve Hall 1877 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta annulostriata
Plagioglypta annulostriata Meek and Worthen 1870 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha cf. subrugosa
Amphiscapha cf. subrugosa Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites "n. sp. 2"
Euphemites "n. sp. 2" Warthin 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus sp., Bellerophon aff. graphicus, Retispira "n. sp.", Retispira tenuilineata
Pharkidonotus sp. Girty 1912 snail
Bellerophon aff. graphicus Moore 1941 snail
Retispira "n. sp." Knight 1945 snail
Retispira tenuilineata Gurley 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus paludinaeformis
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) "n. sp."" = Ananias, Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) "n. sp.", Trepospira cf. illinoisensis
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) "n. sp."" = Ananias Knight 1945 snail
Trepospira cf. illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Anthraconeilo "n. sp."
? Anthraconeilo "n. sp." Girty 1912 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus arcuata n. sp., Nuculavus menuda n. sp.
Nuculavus arcuata n. sp. Kues 1991 nut clam
Nuculavus menuda n. sp. Kues 1991 nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Unklesbayella "n. sp.", Unklesbayella sp.
Unklesbayella "n. sp." Hoare et al. 1978 clam
Unklesbayella sp. Hoare et al. 1978 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam