AMNH25, Bench Mark 4425, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lamar Member (Bell Canyon Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the AMNH

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 81517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Crenispirifer myllus Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferellina nuda Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
Sarganostega pressa Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Arionthia lamaria Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita affinis Girty 1909
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia opsia Cooper and Grant 1976
Thedusia trigonalis Girty 1909
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris George 1932
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae