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 | |
Martinia rhomboidalis Girty 1909 | |
Rhipidomella hessensis King 1931 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus
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"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858 | |
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1909 | |
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909 |