UNM 1320, Tularosa clay pit (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (33.1° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 37.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laborcita Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• About 25 m above the base of the Laborcita Formation. Laborcita Formation contains basal Wolfcampian fusulinids, now correlated with Gzhelian of international scale.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UNM

Primary reference: B. S. Kues. 1991. Some gastropods from the Lower Wolfcampian (basal Permian) Laborcita Formation. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 42:221-230 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160175: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon aff. graphicus, Pharkidonotus sp., Retispira "n. sp.", Retispira tenuilineata
Pharkidonotus sp. Girty 1912 snail
Retispira "n. sp." Knight 1945 snail
Retispira tenuilineata Gurley 1884 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites "n. sp. 2"
Euphemites "n. sp. 2" Warthin 1930 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha cf. subrugosa
Amphiscapha cf. subrugosa Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus paludinaeformis
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) "n. sp.", "Glabrocingulum (Ananias) "n. sp."" = Ananias, Trepospira cf. illinoisensis
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) "n. sp."" = Ananias Knight 1945 snail
Trepospira cf. illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve Hall 1877 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta annulostriata
Plagioglypta annulostriata Meek and Worthen 1870 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Anthraconeilo "n. sp."
? Anthraconeilo "n. sp." Girty 1912 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus menuda n. sp., Nuculavus arcuata n. sp.
Nuculavus menuda n. sp. Kues 1991 nut clam
Nuculavus arcuata n. sp. Kues 1991 nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Unklesbayella "n. sp.", Unklesbayella sp.
Unklesbayella "n. sp." Hoare et al. 1978 clam
Unklesbayella sp. Hoare et al. 1978 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam