R.E. King 37, 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: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Leonard Formation, bed 10

• 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 113216: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata Girty 1920
 Rhynchonellida -
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus girtyi" = Megousia girtyi, "Linoproductus waagenianus" = Megousia waageniana
"Linoproductus girtyi" = Megousia girtyi King 1931
"Linoproductus waagenianus" = Megousia waageniana Girty 1909
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Striatifera pinniformis" = Compressoproductus pinniformis
"Striatifera pinniformis" = Compressoproductus pinniformis Girty 1909
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis, "Aulosteges triagonalis" = Agelesia triagonalis
"Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis King 1931
"Aulosteges triagonalis" = Agelesia triagonalis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli2 Smith 1903 ammonite
Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Anthracosyconidae
Collatipora discreta n. gen.1 Finks 1960 demosponge