Also known as Reef 344

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 36.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neal Ranch Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.0 Ma)

• Bed 9 of Section 24 of P.B. King. Single block from biohermal mass. Wolfcampian (Nealian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1972. Permian brachiopods of west Texas, I. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 14:1-231 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43472: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2004, edited by Uta Merkel