R.E. King 1, Iron Mountain, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Skinner Ranch Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.E. King, P.B. King in 1925-1928

Primary reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122519: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"? Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris3
"? Neophricadothyris sp." = Phricodothyris3 George 1932
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.2 Conrad 1839
Strophomenata
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Chonosteges variabilis1 Cooper and Grant 1975
Edriosteges multispinosus1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus King 1931
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus sp.3 Sarytcheva 1960
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae