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First report of Lercaritubus in North America, from the Permian Capitan Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Baba Senowbari-Daryan  and
J. Keith Rigby
Baba Senowbari-Daryan
Affiliation:
Institute of Paleontology, University of Erlangen, Loewenichstrasse 28, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
J. Keith Rigby
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, 258 ESC, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84604–4660, USA
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Abstract

Lercaritubus problematicus Flügel, Senowbari-Daryan, and Di Stefano, 1990, a problematic organism, was initially described from Lower and Middle Permian rocks of Sicily, was subsequently recognized in Upper Permian reefs of Oman and reefal limestones of the Tethyan realm. It is here described for the first time from North America, from the Middle Permian reefoidal Upper Capitan Limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico. Lercaritubus problematicus has a stratigraphic range of Lower to Upper Permian and occurs widely in Permian tropical reef deposits.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 22 - 26
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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