Where: New Mexico (32.9° N, 107.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 90.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rossodus manitouensis conodont zone, Sierrite Member (Hitt Canyon Formation), Gasconadian (485.4 - 477.7 Ma)

• Note: the authors never refer to the Hitt Canyon or Sierrite; however, they state that the Bliss Sandstone ends after the prior bed, and the Sierrite (member or formation) lies on top of the Bliss formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandstone and limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. F. Taylor and J. E. Repetski. 1995. High-resolution trilobite and conodont biostratigraphy across the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary in south-central New Mexico. In J. D. Cooper, M. L. Droser, S. C. Finney (eds.), Ordovician Odyssey: Short Papers for the Seventh International Symposium on the Ordovician System, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 133-136 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203904: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2019

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