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Dark Canyon, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.2928,-104.346 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | New Mexico, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Eddy County, New Mexico, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Dark Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Sample 35008 | Senowbari-Daryan B., Rigby J. K. (1996) | Tansill | Small biohermal masses are slightly higher, stratigraphically, than the crest of the massive Capitan Limestone and occur in the uppermost Tansill Formation. | bindstone | 265.1 - 259.9 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tubiphytes sp. genus | Nigriporellidae : Tubiphytes | 265.1 - 259.9 Ma Permian |
Sestropoma cribriferum species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Cyclacanthariidae : Sestropoma : Sestropoma cribriferum | 265.1 - 259.9 Ma Permian |
References
Senowbari-Daryan B., Rigby J. K. (1996) Brachiopod mounds not sponge reefs, Permian Capitan-Tansill Formations, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 70, 697-701 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!