Where: New Mexico (33.7° N, 106.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.2° N, 35.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Joyita Member (Yeso Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121505: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.12.2011

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