USNM806i, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora (Permian of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.8° N, 112.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 40.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Antimonio Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• "Monos Beds"; Leiorhynchoidea-Cancrinella Zone is third-highest (of 7) in the succession

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• Reddish limestone shale and sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40823: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea "sp. 2"
Orbiculoidea "sp. 2" d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes foshagi n. sp." = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) foshagi
"Chonetes foshagi n. sp." = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) foshagi Cooper 1953
 Productida - Productidae
"Muirwoodia sp." = Yakovlevia, "Dictyoclostus" sp.
"Muirwoodia sp." = Yakovlevia Fredericks 1925
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis Meek 1877
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella magnirugosa n. sp., Liosotella rugosa
Liosotella magnirugosa n. sp. Cooper 1953
Liosotella rugosa Cooper 1953
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella phosphatica
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferellina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa
"Spiriferellina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa Girty 1908
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Punctospirifer convexus n. sp." = Paraspiriferina convexa
"Punctospirifer convexus n. sp." = Paraspiriferina convexa Cooper 1953
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella "sp. 1"
Spiriferella "sp. 1" Tschernyschew 1902
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis magna
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma cf. spatulatum
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea cloudi n. sp.
Leiorhynchoidea cloudi n. sp. Cooper 1953
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora taylori
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
? Uncinunellina pulchra n. sp., Wellerella sp., Wellerella lemasi, Wellerella rotunda n. sp.
? Uncinunellina pulchra n. sp. Cooper 1953
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Wellerella lemasi Cooper 1953
Wellerella rotunda n. sp. Cooper 1953
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia shumardi
Hustedia shumardi Torres-Martínez et al. 2016
Includes new subspecies "plicatella"
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Nuculana obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" spp.
"Nucula" spp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Two species represented
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis Girty 1910 scallop
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus sonorensis" = Stutchburia sonorensis
"Pleurophorus sonorensis" = Stutchburia sonorensis Cooper 1953 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
? Omphalotrochus "sp. A"
? Omphalotrochus "sp. A" Meek 1864 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
? Pleurotomaria "sp. A", ? Pleurotomaria "sp. B"
? Pleurotomaria "sp. A" Defrance 1826 snail
? Pleurotomaria "sp. B" Defrance 1826 snail