Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• Position in formation not specified, but probably upper part. Road Canyon Fm. is Kungurian-Roadian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; 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 81639: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Derbyia sp.2 Waagen 1884
Derbyia laqueata2 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
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Meekella calathica2 Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
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Echinauris irregularis2 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
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Hercosia uddeni2 Bose 1916
Hercosestria cribrosa2 Cooper and Grant 1969 | |
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Institella leonardensis2 King 1931
Xenosteges trivialis2 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
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Cooperina subcuneata2 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
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Dyoros (Lissosia) vagabundus2 Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
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Acosarina mesoplatys2 King 1931 | |
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Rhipidomella hispidula2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Spiriferellina tricosa2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Stenoscisma aptatum2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Antronaria speciosa2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Composita sp.2 Brown 1849
Composita bucculenta2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Hustedia spicata2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Hustedia lusca2 Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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