R.E. King 255, Glass Mountains (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 264.3 Ma)

• Possibly Road Canyon or a mixture

• 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 150105: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer (Elivina) sulcifer" = Elivina, "Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata
"Spirifer (Elivina) sulcifer" = Elivina
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata Girty 1920
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Productidae
"Horridonia texana n. sp." = Sowburia texana, "Buxtonia victorioensis" = Kochiproductus victorioensis
"Horridonia texana n. sp." = Sowburia texana King 1931
"Buxtonia victorioensis" = Kochiproductus victorioensis King 1931