R.E. King 98, west end of Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 34.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Decie Ranch Member (Skinner Ranch Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• "Hess (about 20 feet above Wolfcamp)" according to King

• 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 149776: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus King 1931
Linoproductus cora angustus
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1909
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909