R.E. King 223, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hess Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• uppermost Hess Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 113203: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
"Popanoceras" sp.2 Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Eothinites hessensis n. sp.2 Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Stacheoceras rothi n. sp.2 Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli2 Smith 1903 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Medlicottia whitneyi" = Eumedlicottia whitneyi2
"Medlicottia whitneyi" = Eumedlicottia whitneyi2 Böse 1919 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia ventricola1 Cooper and Grant 1976
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina hilli" = Spiriferellina hilli
"Spiriferina hilli" = Spiriferellina hilli Girty 1908
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasmina guadalupensis" = Plectelasma guadalupense
"Dielasmina guadalupensis" = Plectelasma guadalupense Girty 1908
Strophomenata
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida -
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae