R.E. King 503, Baylor Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.2° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 34.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Spring Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Beds 8-9, mostly bed 9

• 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 149832: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata Girty 1920
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mira Girty 1899
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Rhipidomella baylorensis n. sp." = Acosarina baylorensis
"Rhipidomella baylorensis n. sp." = Acosarina baylorensis King 1931
Rhipidomella mesoplatys baylorensis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges triagonalis" = Agelesia triagonalis
"Aulosteges triagonalis" = Agelesia triagonalis King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti King 1931
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus
"Linoproductus angustus" = Coopericus angustus King 1931
Linoproductus cora angustus
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale" = Chelononia straminea
"Streptorhynchus pyramidale" = Chelononia straminea Cooper and Grant 1974