Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 33.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: South Wells Member (Cherry Canyon Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; 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 81627: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2008
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Leiorhynchoidea sulcata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
Glossothyropsis robusta Girty 1934 |