R.E. King 75, Iron Mountain, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 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 149716: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Buxtonia occidentalis" = Kochiproductus occidentalis
"Buxtonia occidentalis" = Kochiproductus occidentalis King 1931
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909