ammonites
USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.9° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitan Formation, Capitanian (265.0 - 259.0 Ma)

• About 1000 feet below summit of El Capitan and the top of the Capitan Fm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108812: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards

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