R.E. King 227, Dugout Mountain, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.2° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 33.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dugout Mountain Member (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; 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 113207: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus Girty 1908
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera reticulata" = Spyridiophora reticulata
"Marginifera reticulata" = Spyridiophora reticulata King 1931
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum Girty 1908