Capitan Formation
264 distinct taxa, from 827 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 267–260 Mya.
New Mexico, Texas · US
264 taxa · 827 fossils · 267–260 MyaMembers recorded: Gilliam, Lamar.
Macrostrat dates this rock 274–260 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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18 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Minispongia constricta
- Sollasia ostiolata
- Lemonea cylindrica
- Lemonea micra
- Anteridocus swallovianus
- Paraspiriferina billingsi
- Guadalupia zitteliana
- Astegosia subquadrata
- Girtyocoelia beedei
- Liosotella popei
- Thamnosia capitanensis
- Composita emarginata
- Lemonea exaulifera
- Martinia rhomboidalis
- Strigirhynchia indentata
- Tautosia shumardiana
- Aequalicosta inflata
- Anisopyge perannulata
- Heterelasma shumardianum
- Parauvanella minima
- Aequalicosta shumardi
- Composita affinis
- Hustedia opsia
- Virgola neptunia
- Dielasma prolongatum
- Ombonia guadalupensis
- Stenoscisma trabeatum
- Exaulipora permica
- Paraspiriferina evax
- Preperonidella delicata
- Tautosia elegans
- Amblysiphonella
- Bicoelia guadalupensis
- Dielasma
- Fascicosta longaeva
- Lemonea conica
- Strigirhynchia transversa
- Virgola rigida
- Elivina compacta
- Hustedia
The 40 most often recorded, of 264.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.