Also known as Reef 318

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.2° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wedin Member (Cathedral Mountain Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Equivalent to Fifth Leonard Limestone Member of P.B. King; Leonardian (Cathedralian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1972. Permian brachiopods of west Texas, I. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 14:1-231 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43466: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004

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