R.E. King 154, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Word Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Word (upper)

• 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 150000: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Pugnoides elegans" = Tautosia elegans
"Pugnoides elegans" = Tautosia elegans Girty 1908
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Elivina) sulcifer" = Elivina
"Spirifer (Elivina) sulcifer" = Elivina
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae