AMNH697, Baylor Hills (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.3° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 34.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 208 feet above base

• 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 81951: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella intermedia Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella angustiplicata Cooper and Grant 1974
Meekella hessensis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Productida - Productidae
Dasysaria cf. undulata, "Antiquatonia planumbona" = Rigrantia planumbona
Dasysaria cf. undulata Cooper and Grant 1969
"Antiquatonia planumbona" = Rigrantia planumbona Stehli 1954
 Productida - Productellidae
Kozlowskia sp. Fredericks 1933
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cracens Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris inflata" = Orbicoelia inflata
"Crurithyris inflata" = Orbicoelia inflata Stehli 1954
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes stehlii Cooper and Grant 1976