R.E. King 122, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.2° 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: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.E. King, P.B. King in 1925-1928; reposited in the YPM

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 113194: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella hessensis n. sp. King 1931
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus King 1931
Spirifer marcoui infraplica
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli Smith 1903 ammonite