R.E. King 174, Hill 5157, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper part

• 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

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 121458: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites turritus Yochelson 1956 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mira Girty 1899
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) costella n. sp." = Lepidospirifer costellus
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) costella n. sp." = Lepidospirifer costellus King 1931
 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
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum
"Camarophoria venusta" = Stenoscisma venustum Girty 1908
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis Meek 1877
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis, "Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti
"Productus occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Meekella grandis n. sp." = Meekella occidentalis
"Meekella grandis n. sp." = Meekella occidentalis Newberry 1861