R.E. King 128, Split Tank, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cathedral Mountain 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 121457: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites turritus
Babylonites turritus Yochelson 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Diploconula biconvexa
Diploconula biconvexa Yochelson 1956 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) cf. bowsheri" = Orthonychia bowsheri
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) cf. bowsheri" = Orthonychia bowsheri Yochelson 1956 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes permianus
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia hystricula" = Heteralosia hystricula
"Strophalosia hystricula" = Heteralosia hystricula Girty 1908
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus
"Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus Girty 1908
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia uddeni" = Hercosia uddeni, "Prorichthofenia likharewi n. sp." = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia uddeni" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
"Prorichthofenia likharewi n. sp." = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis, "Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti
"Productus occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Productida -
Marginifera cristobalensis
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Meekella globosa" = Niviconia globosa, Meekella attenuata, "Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides
"Meekella globosa" = Niviconia globosa King 1931
Meekella attenuata Girty 1908
"Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Pugnoides bidentatus" = Wellerella bidentata
"Pugnoides bidentatus" = Wellerella bidentata Girty 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum Girty 1908
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus bisulcatum
 Rhynchonellida -
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mira
Composita mira Girty 1899
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata, Hustedia meekana
"Hustedia papillata" = Hustedia mormoni papillata Shumard 1858
Hustedia mormonii papillata
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) latus" = Cartorhium latum
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) latus" = Cartorhium latum King 1931
Spirifer (Neospirifer) mexicanus latus
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata Girty 1920
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes ? plummeri, Enteletes leonardensis