R01-03, Williams Canyon ( of the United States)

Where: El Paso County, Colorado (38.9° N, 105.0° W: paleocoordinates 13.0° S, 83.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rossodus manitouensis conodont zone, Manitou Limestone Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• from Ross et al. (1982)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, coarse-grained limestone

• The Manitou formation consists of finely to coarsely crystalline limestone and minor amounts of dolomite at its type location (from http://home.earthlink.net/~gesuchan/Fossil/Manitou_Park/Field_Trip.htm)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: J. Frýda and D. M. Rohr. 2006. Shell heterostrophy in Early Ordovician Macluritella Kirk 1927 and its implications for phylogeny and classification of Macluritoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 80(2):264-271 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58966: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Macluritella stantoni
Macluritella stantoni Kirk 1927 snail