USGS 9862, Elm Creek, Runnels County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.8° N, 99.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.4° N, 30.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lueders Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101802: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Patellilabia junior Yochelson 1960 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa Meek and Worthen 1860 snail