USNM806m, Cerros de los Monos: Wordian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Schwagerinidae
Parafusulina sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1931
Very rare category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
Rare category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella scobinoidea Cooper 1953
Common category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora taylori Girty 1910
Rare category
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia arellanoi Cooper 1953
Rare category
Derbyia elongata n. sp. Cooper 1953
Very rare category
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Anidanthus alatus Cooper 1953
Abundant category
recombined as Megousia alata
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella rugosa Cooper 1953
Fairly common category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Dictyoclostus depressus Cooper 1953
Common category
recombined as Thamnosia depressa
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Orthonychia informal sp. A Hall 1843
Rare category
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus parvulus Cooper 1953
Rare category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Plagioglypta canna (White 1874)
Rare category
recombined as Prodentalium canna
(1 measurement)
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Sonora
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 112.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° North, 40.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian Zone: Anidanthus
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 264.28000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Antimonio Member:Monos Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Monos Beds"; Anidanthus zone includes two lowest zones in the succession
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,blue "limestone"
Lithology description: Bluish limestone containing black concretions
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:USNM806m, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora
Database number:40831
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-01 12:43:46 Last modified:2023-11-27 23:14:14
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-01 12:43:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11030. G. A. Cooper, C. O. Dunbar, H. Duncan, A. K. Miller, and J. B. Knight. 1953. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):1-111 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]