AMNH291, Bed 14, Mameura, Rio Vilcanota section 2 (Permian to of Peru)

Where: Cusco, Peru (14.4° S, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 48.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Copacabana Group, Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)

• 47 feet thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• Limestone, earthy, gray, contains brachiopods and bryozoans near base.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: N. D. Newell, J. Chronic, and T.G. Roberts. 1953. Upper Paleozoic of Peru. Geological Society of America Memoir 58:1-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41342: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
n. ssp. peruviana