Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 35.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lenox Hills Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• 40-50 feet above base in a conglomerate. Sakmarian-Artinskian boundary probably somewhere in basal conglomerates.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: C. A. Ross and J. P. Ross. 1962. Pennsylvanian, Permian rugose corals, Glass Mountains, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 36:1163-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Amplexocarinia "sp. A" Soshkina 1928 horn coral |