AMNH414, Cherry Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

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
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea sulcata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae