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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