PU3, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of the United States)

Where: Culberson County, Texas (31.5° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 34.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Spring Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Molluscan ledge about 100 feet above base

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: R. L. Batten. 1958. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 2. Pleurotomariacea: Portlockiellidae, Phymatopleuridae, and Eotomariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114(2):153-246 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75884: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
? Cooperoceras sp.2, "Metacoceras mammiferum n. sp." = Foordiceras mammiferum2, "Metacoceras megaporum n. sp." = Pleuronautilus megaporus2
? Cooperoceras sp.2 Miller 1945 nautiloid
"Metacoceras mammiferum n. sp." = Foordiceras mammiferum2 Miller 1945 nautiloid
"Metacoceras megaporum n. sp." = Pleuronautilus megaporus2 Miller 1945 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Pseudorthoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras2, "Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras2
"Pseudorthoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras2 Girty 1912
"Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras2 Girty 1912
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Michelinoceras" sp.2
"Michelinoceras" sp.2 Foerste 1932
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon (Pharkiodonotus) westi n. sp." = Pharkidonotus westi4, "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) deflectus" = Bellerophon deflectus4, "Knightites (Retispira) fragilis n. sp." = Retispira fragilis4, "Knightites (Retispira) modesta" = Retispira modesta4
"Bellerophon (Pharkiodonotus) westi n. sp." = Pharkidonotus westi4 Yochelson 1960 snail
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) deflectus" = Bellerophon deflectus4 Chronic 1952 snail
"Knightites (Retispira) fragilis n. sp." = Retispira fragilis4 Yochelson 1960 snail
"Knightites (Retispira) modesta" = Retispira modesta4 Girty 1909 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia angustior n. sp.4, Warthia waageni n. sp.4, Euphemites exquisitus n. sp.4, Euphemites imperator4, Euphemites kingi n. sp.4, Euphemites aequisulcatus4
Warthia angustior n. sp.4 Yochelson 1960 snail
Warthia waageni n. sp.4 Yochelson 1960 snail
Euphemites exquisitus n. sp.4 Yochelson 1960 snail
Euphemites imperator4 Yochelson 1960 snail
Euphemites kingi n. sp.4 Yochelson 1960 snail
Euphemites aequisulcatus4 Chronic 1952 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Apachella franciscana1, Apachella translirata1, Apachella huecoensis1, Apachella prodontia1, Ananias labrectus1, "Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) texanum n. sp." = Glabrocingulum texanum1, Lacunospira alta, Lacunospira altsia
Apachella franciscana1 Chronic 1952 snail
Apachella translirata1 Winters 1956 snail
Apachella huecoensis1 Batten 1989 snail
Apachella prodontia1 Winters 1963 snail
Ananias labrectus1 Batten 1989 snail
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) texanum n. sp." = Glabrocingulum texanum1 Batten 1989 snail
Lacunospira alta Batten 1958 snail
Lacunospira altsia Batten 1958 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala pulchra
Spiroscala pulchra Batten 1958 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Callitomaria stanislavi, Eirlysia exquisita n. sp., Eirlysia reticulata, Tapinotomaria crassa, Tapinotomaria rugosa
Callitomaria stanislavi Batten 1956 snail
Eirlysia exquisita n. sp. Batten 1956 snail
Eirlysia reticulata Batten 1958 snail
Tapinotomaria crassa Batten 1958 snail
Tapinotomaria rugosa Batten 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Sallya linsa n. sp.3
Sallya linsa n. sp.3 Yochelson 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Discotropis girtyi n. sp.3
Discotropis girtyi n. sp.3 Yochelson 1956 snail
1Batten 1989; 2Miller 1945; 3Yochelson 1956; 4Yochelson 1960