R.E. King 51, Clay Slide, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

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 150253: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
"Hustedia pusilla" = Petasmatherus pusillus
"Hustedia pusilla" = Petasmatherus pusillus Girty 1909
 Rhynchonellida -
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae
"Uncinuloides guadalupensis" = Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mira Girty 1899
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella attenuata Girty 1909