UNM 1321, La Luz Canyon (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (33.0° N, 105.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.2° N, 36.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laborcita Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• About 87 m above the base of the Laborcita Formation. Laborcita Formation contains basal Wolfcampian fusulinids, now correlated with Gzhelian of international scale.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown, calcareous shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UNM

Primary reference: B. S. Kues. 1991. Some gastropods from the Lower Wolfcampian (basal Permian) Laborcita Formation. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 42:221-230 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160176: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina (Orthomyalina) subquadrata
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp., Astartella concentrica
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus cf. tropidophorus
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale
Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus arcuata, Nuculavus levatiformis
Nuculavus arcuata Kues 1991 nut clam
Nuculavus levatiformis Walcott 1884 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Anthraconeilo sp.
? Anthraconeilo sp. Girty 1912 clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia glabra
Paleyoldia glabra Beede and Rogers 1898 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve
Prodentalium aff. sublaeve Hall 1877 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) subovata" = Marmolatella subovata Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki Knight 1933 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus paludinaeformis, ? Soleniscus sp.
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
? Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) sp." = Ananias
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) sp." = Ananias Knight 1945 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Stenocoelia (Taosia) percostata" = Hypergonia percostata
"Stenocoelia (Taosia) percostata" = Hypergonia percostata Girty 1939 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Stegocoelia (Taosia) crenulata
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) sp.
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus sp., Bellerophon aff. graphicus, "Retispira eximia" = Yochelsonellisa eximia, Retispira "n. sp.", Retispira tenuilineata
Pharkidonotus sp. Girty 1912 snail
Bellerophon aff. graphicus Moore 1941 snail
"Retispira eximia" = Yochelsonellisa eximia Yochelson 1960 snail
Retispira "n. sp." Knight 1945 snail
Retispira tenuilineata Gurley 1884 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites "n. sp. 1"
Euphemites "n. sp. 1" Warthin 1930 snail