USNM725a, Red Tank Canyon, Van Horn (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.1° N, 104.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.7° S, 35.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hueco Formation, Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

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 105891: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sulcata
Crurithyris sulcata Stehli 1954
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp., Rhipidomella hessensis
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp., Enteletes costellatus
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
Enteletes costellatus Cooper and Grant 1976
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia kozlowskii, Acosarina sp.
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mexicana
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella circularis
Meekella circularis Cooper and Grant 1974
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia sp.
Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Scacchinellidae
Scacchinella exasperata
Scacchinella exasperata Cooper and Grant 1975