R.E. King 485, south of Victorio Peak, Sierra Diablo (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.3° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 34.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Bone Canyon, lower part of lower shale above Hess limestone"

• 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 149833: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus King 1931
Spirifer marcoui infraplica
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
"Spiriferina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa
"Spiriferina laxa" = Reticulariina laxa Girty 1908
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes dumblei Girty 1908
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Rhipidomella baylorensis" = Acosarina baylorensis
"Rhipidomella baylorensis" = Acosarina baylorensis King 1931
Rhipidomella mesoplatys baylorensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes biplicatus" = Chonetinella biplicata
"Chonetes biplicatus" = Chonetinella biplicata King 1931
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia uddeni" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia uddeni" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera whitei" = Oncosarina whitei, "Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis
"Marginifera whitei" = Oncosarina whitei King 1931
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1908