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By DPS Ammonite
Productid Brachiopod
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Cisuralian
International Age: Kungarian
Schnebly Hill Formation
Collector: DPS Ammonite
Date Collected: 07/06/2019
Acquired by: Field Collection
Width: 1 "
Forest Lakes, south of
Gila County
Arizona
United States
While removing an unknown sponge by acid dissolution from the Permian Fort Apache Member of the Schnebly Hill Formation from northern Gila County in Arizona I found several silicified brachiopods with spines.
Several Bellaclathrus spinosus brachiopods were present ranging from 0.75 to 1.5 inch across and had spines as long as 1 inch.
The pedicle valve of the brachiopod in the first and second photos is about 1 inch wide not including spines. This is the finest specimen with spines that I have found.
The third photo shows the brachiopod attached to several others of the same species.
Fourth and fifth photos are from Winters 1963 reference below.
Taxonomy per Fossilworks:
http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=27149
Winters, Stephen S. 1963. Supai Formation (Permian) of eastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 89:1-99.
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