Vinton Canyon, Franklin Mountains, phylloid-algal horizon (Permian to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 329

Where: El Paso County, Texas (32.0° N, 106.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hueco Formation, Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)

• probably Asselian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• phylloid-algal packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. F. Toomey. 1976. Paleosynecology of a Permian plant dominated marine community. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 152(1):1-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75646: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Eugonophyllum sp.
Eugonophyllum sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Ivanovia sp.
Ivanovia sp. Khvorova 1946
unclassified
  -
Minammodytes sp.
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina sp.
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina sp.
Globivalvulina sp. Schubert 1921
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
? Apterrinella sp.
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Ammovertella sp.
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp.
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
? Anomphalus sp.
? Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Goniasma sp.
Goniasma sp. Tomlin 1930 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Apachella sp.
Apachella sp. Winters 1956 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp.
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956