AMNH2079, Artesia (Permian of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (32.8° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Andres Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1970. Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143(4):221-281 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94886: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) likharevi n. sp. Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop