R.E. King 95, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 37.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Bed 13, Uddenites-bearing shale member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

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 150111: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productellidae
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei, "Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
"Avonia boulei" = Echinauris boulei Kozlowski 1914
"Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
Composita subtilita angusta
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
 Orthida - Enteletidae