AMNH624, Mine Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.4° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 34.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower reef beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 81723: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Tapinotomaria crassa1 Batten 1958 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes stehlii2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris catatona" = Phricodothyris catatona2
"Neophricadothyris catatona" = Phricodothyris catatona2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cracens2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.2 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
? Wellerella nitidula2 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Antronaria specialis2 Cooper and Grant 1976
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella hessensis2 King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
Kochiproductus elongatus2 Cooper and Grant 1975