Rattlesnake Canyon (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (33.7° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 29.5° W)

When: Admiral Formation (Wichita Group), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Admiral formation (upper part) Wichita group.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: A. S. Romer. 1942. Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes. American Journal of Science 240(3):216-228 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132655: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae
? Orodus corrugatus n. sp. Romer 1942 chimaera
MCZ 7198