R.E. King 215, Hill 5632, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taylor Ranch Member (Hess Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Hess (upper)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Hess Canyon records platformal sedimentation.
• Fossils occur in shaly limestone and sponge bioherms.

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 150239: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella attenuata
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909