R.E. King 4, Hill 5021, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Skinner Ranch Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• 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 149834: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.4 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Acosarina sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.3 Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida -
Wellerelloidea indet.3 Licharew 1956
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Productida indet.5 Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Edriosteges sp.2, "Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus, "Marginifera angusta" = Glyptosteges angustus, "Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis
Edriosteges sp.2 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
"Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus Girty 1908
"Marginifera angusta" = Glyptosteges angustus King 1931
Marginifera reticulata angusta
"Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis King 1931
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Lyttoniinae indet.1 Waagen 1883
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Productida - Hercosiidae
? Hercosia sp.5 Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Productidae
? Peniculauris sp.5 Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera reticulata" = Spyridiophora reticulata
"Marginifera reticulata" = Spyridiophora reticulata King 1931
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Oncosarina spinicostata5, "Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis
Oncosarina spinicostata5 Cooper and Grant 1969
"Marginifera sublaevis" = Anemonaria sublaevis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1908
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella calathica1 Cooper and Grant 1974