R.E. King 88, Wolf Camp, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Uddenites Member, bed 1b

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

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 149720: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale" = Chelononia straminea
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale" = Chelononia straminea Cooper and Grant 1974
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
 Productida - Productellidae
"Overtonia cristatotuberculata" = Fimbrinia cristatotuberculata, "Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci, "Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
"Overtonia cristatotuberculata" = Fimbrinia cristatotuberculata Kozlowski 1914
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842
"Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
 Productida - Productidae
? Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Productus semireticulatus hermosanus
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) texanus" = Eridmatus texanus
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) texanus" = Eridmatus texanus Meek 1871
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor, "Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858