Mission Argellite (Permian of the United States)

Where: Washington (48.6° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 32.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mission Argillite Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and siltstone

• brown-weathering argillite described as a biohermal bank.

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. H. Gilmour and E. M. Snyder. 2000. Bryozoa of the Mission Argillite (Permian), northeastern Washington. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):540-570 [D. Erwin/D. Erwin/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8523: authorized by Doug Erwin, entered by Doug Erwin on 26.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliramus pacificus n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Dybowskiella sp. Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Alternifenestella vagrantia n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Mackinneyella stylettia n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Parapolypora sp. Morozova and Lisitsyn 1996
Wjatkella nanea n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Polypora arbusca n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Meekoporella inflecta n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae
 Cryptostomida - Timanodictyidae
Sakagamiina easternensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sakagamiina easternensis n. gen. n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Coeloclemis urhausenii n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Rhombotrypella kettlensis n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844
Tabulipora colvillensis Gilmour and Snyder 2000
Tabulipora colvillensis n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Trepostomida - Eridotrypellidae
Neoeridotrypella missionensis n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
 Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae
Pinegopora petita n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Pamirella oculus n. sp. Gilmour and Snyder 2000
? Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872