Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• Uddenites member, basal brown limestone about 15 feet above Gaptank Limestone
• 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 150113: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Scacchinella gigantea Schellwien 1900 | |
Meekella texana n. sp.
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836 | |
Parenteletes cooperi King 1931 |