ammonites
FMNH PE24295, Hermit Trail, Grand Canyon (Permian of the United States)

Where: Arizona (36.1° N, 112.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 36.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Fossil Mountain Member (Kaibab Formation), Kungurian (279.5 - 272.5 Ma)

• Beta Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. K. McKinney. 1983. Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Fieldiana Geology, New Series 13:1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113043: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2011

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