Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• "Wolfcamp formation, basal limestone" (probably in Gaptank Formation now)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by R.E. King, P.B. King in 1925-1928; reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: C. O. Dunbar and J. W. Skinner. 1937. The geology of Texas, volume III. Upper Paleozoic ammonites and fusulinids, part 2. Permian Fusulinidae of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:517-825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208339: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.03.2020
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Taxonomic list
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