USGS 8515, Colina Ridge: Kungurian, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) cf. deflectus (Chronic 1952)
1 specimen
original and current combination Bellerophon deflectus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 110.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° North, 38.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Kungurian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Kungurian
Age range of interval:283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Epitaph
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Uppermost part
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:121501
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-05 07:17:49 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-05 07:17:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11477. E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]