R.E. King 196, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 34.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lenox Hills Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Upper Lenox Hills Fm.

• 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 149775: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Schwagerina nelsoni Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Pseudoschwagerina uddeni Beede and Kniker 1924
"Pseudoschwagerina texana" = Stewartina texana Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859
 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
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni
"Hustedia mormonii" = Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella ? carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci, Productus semistriatus
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus wolfcampensis" = Dasysaria wolfcampensis
"Productus wolfcampensis" = Dasysaria wolfcampensis King 1931
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae