ammonites
USNM745, Hill 4402, Baylor Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.3° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 34.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Spring Formation, Kungurian (279.5 - 272.5 Ma)

• 25-40 feet above Hueco limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 106297: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.03.2011

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