R.E. King 93s, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 36.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neal Ranch Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Bed 9 and float from next few higher beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Schuchert; 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 149999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia buchi d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Productellidae
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei, Productus semistriatus, "Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei Kozlowski 1914
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia hystricula" = Heteralosia hystricula
"Strophalosia hystricula" = Heteralosia hystricula Girty 1909
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Triticites subventricosus Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Triticites uddeni Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Triticites pinguis Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Paraschwagerina kansasensis Beede and Kniker 1924