R.E. King 17, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sullivan Peak Member (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

Collection methods: bulk

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 149987: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes liumbonus n. sp. King 1931
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus undulatum" = Tropidelasma undulatum
"Streptorhynchus undulatum" = Tropidelasma undulatum King 1931
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae