R.E. King 13, Hill 4910, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cathedral Mountain Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Base of bed 14

• 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 150554: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis
"Productus leonardensis" = Institella leonardensis King 1931
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti King 1931
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus girtyi" = Megousia girtyi
"Linoproductus girtyi" = Megousia girtyi King 1931
 Productida -
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis
"Waagenoconcha montpelierensis" = Bathymyonia nevadensis Meek 1877
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides
"Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides Girty 1908
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita mira Girty 1899
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae