Dry Canyon: Virgilian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bryopsidophyceae
- Caulerpales
- Halimedaceae
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Eugonophyllum sp.
Konishi and Wray 1961
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Calcarea
- Pharetronida
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Fissispongia tortacloaca
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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1797
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snail |
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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clam |
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Echinodermata
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Otero |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 105.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 38.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Virgilian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 305.0 - 299.0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Holder |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified packstone |
| Lithology description: 20 cm thick packstone bed with a diverse biota of transported skeletal debris bounded by thick green shales | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,peel or thin section |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 293 | ||
| Database number: | 92059 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling, U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 07:34:44 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 13:08:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 07:34:44 |
Reference information
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