Where: New Mexico (32.2° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121948: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2011

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