R.E. King 195, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.4° S, 36.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neal Ranch Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Wolfcamp, lower shale

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

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 150139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria thevenini" = Stenoscisma thevenini
"Camarophoria thevenini" = Stenoscisma thevenini Kozlowski 1914
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi
"Linoproductus (Cancrinella) villiersi" = Costatumulus villiersi d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus wolfcampensis" = Dasysaria wolfcampensis, ? Reticulatia sp.
"Productus wolfcampensis" = Dasysaria wolfcampensis King 1931
? Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Productus semireticulatus hermosanus
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes biplicatus" = Chonetinella biplicata, "Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes biplicatus" = Chonetinella biplicata King 1931
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae