R.E. King 93, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 36.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neal Ranch Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Bed 9 and float from next few higher beds

• 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

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

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 121456: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria thevenini" = Stenoscisma thevenini
"Camarophoria thevenini" = Stenoscisma thevenini Kozlowski 1914
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis n. sp." = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis n. sp." = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Parakeyserlingina fredericksi" = Eolyttonia fredericksi
"Parakeyserlingina fredericksi" = Eolyttonia fredericksi King 1931
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Teguliferina boesei n. sp. King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia sp.1, "Buxtonia occidentalis n. sp." = Kochiproductus occidentalis
Reticulatia sp.1 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Productus semireticulatus hermosanus
"Buxtonia occidentalis n. sp." = Kochiproductus occidentalis King 1931
 Productida - Productellidae
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei, Productus semistriatus, "Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei Kozlowski 1914
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa Waagen 1884
ssp. occidentalis
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia buchi d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale n. sp." = Chelononia straminea
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale n. sp." = Chelononia straminea Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Orthotetella wolfcampensis n. sp. King 1931
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia3
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia3 Hall 1843 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Omphalotrochus wolfcampensis n. sp.3 Yochelson 1956 snail
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
Schubertella kingi2 Dunbar and Skinner 1937
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Schwagerina franklinensis2 Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Schwagerina diversiformis2 Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Schwagerina compacta2 White 1932
Schwagerina emaciata2 Beede 1916
Paraschwagerina kansasensis2 Beede and Kniker 1924
Triticites uddeni2 Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Triticites subventricosus2 Dunbar and Skinner 1937