Where: Luna County, New Mexico (32.6° N, 107.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 80.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upham Dolomite Member (Second Value Dolomite Formation), Edenian (451.0 - 450.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. J. Elias. 1985. Solitary rugose corals of the Upper Ordovician Montoya Group, Southern New Mexico and Westernmost Texas. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 59(5):1-58 [S. Holland/S. Holland/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65131: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 19.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Grewingkia robusta Whiteaves 1896 horn coral
Bighornia cf. patella Wilson 1926 horn coral |