R.E. King 38, Hill 5300, 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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Skinner Ranch Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Map location indicates Poplar Tank or Sullivan Peak Members, but list includes Cathedral Mountain Formation species

• 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 150556: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Pugnoides bidentatus" = Wellerella bidentata
"Pugnoides bidentatus" = Wellerella bidentata Girty 1909
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides
"Meekella difficilis" = Meekella skenoides Girty 1909
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1909
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei
"Marginifera popei" = Liosotella popei Shumard 1858
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti
"Productus schucherti" = Xestosia schucherti King 1931
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi
"Productus ivesi" = Peniculauris ivesi Newberry 1861
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Striatifera pinniformis" = Compressoproductus pinniformis
"Striatifera pinniformis" = Compressoproductus pinniformis Girty 1909
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges medlicottianus" = Edriosteges medlicottianus, "Marginifera angusta" = Glyptosteges angustus, "Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus
"Aulosteges medlicottianus" = Edriosteges medlicottianus Waagen 1884
"Marginifera angusta" = Glyptosteges angustus King 1931
Marginifera reticulata angusta
"Aulosteges magnicostatus" = Chonosteges magnicostatus Girty 1909
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
 Productida - Hercosiidae
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni
"Prorichthofenia likharewi" = Hercosia uddeni Bose 1916