R.E. King 201, Hill 4815, 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)

• 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 150114: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis, "Marginifera dugoutensis" = Hystriculina dugoutensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
"Marginifera dugoutensis" = Hystriculina dugoutensis King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
? Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Productus semireticulatus hermosanus
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella texana King 1931
Meekella irregularis texana
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
and ssp. angusta
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
 Orthida - Enteletidae