ammonites
Split Tank, near locality 69 (BYU collection 1338) (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hess Formation, Kungurian (279.5 - 272.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Bain in 1965, 1966

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. J. Bain. 1967. Paleoecology of some Leonardian patch reefs in the Glass Mountains, Texas. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 14:195-236 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122216: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011

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