Robledo Mountains L-03018 (Permian of the United States)

Where: Dona Ana County, New Mexico (32.4° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 37.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Robledo Mountains Member (Hueco Formation), Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Precise stratigraphic level unknown because of faulting, probably equivalent to base of section B

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the NMMNH

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• Also curated at UNM

Primary reference: B. S. Kues. 1995. Marine fauna of the Early Permian (Wolfcampian) Robledo Mountains Member, Hueco Formation, southern Robledo Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 6:63-90 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39152: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha proxima Yochelson 1956 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Anteridocus aff. erugatus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Cenorhynchia saginata Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cracens Cooper and Grant 1976
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite