Where: New Mexico (31.6° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 38.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: Repository: Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Primary reference: S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, A. O. Ivanov, L. F. Rinehart, and K. Krainer. 2011. Petalodont chondrichthyan teeth from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Horquilla Formation, Big Hatchet Mountains, New Mexico. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:110-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149384: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Petalodus sp. chimaera |