Where: Texas (30.2° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• Fusulinid bed at top of section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1972. Permian brachiopods of west Texas, I. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 14:1-231 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106107: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.03.2011
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Taxonomic list
| Strophomenata | |
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Meekella skenoides Girty 1908 | |
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Tropidelasma corniculum Cooper and Grant 1974 | |
Echinauris sp., "Kutorginella umbonata" = Retaria umbonata
Echinauris sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
"Kutorginella umbonata" = Retaria umbonata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
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Megousia mucronata Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
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Cyclacantharia transitoria Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
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Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Neospirifer formulosus Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris
"Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris George 1932 | |
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Rhynchopora hebetata Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Paraspiriferina pulchra Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Metriolepis ziczac Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
Enteletes exiguus Cooper and Grant 1976 | |
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Hustedia connorsi Cooper and Grant 1976 | |