R.E. King 449, Diablo Plateau (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (31.6° N, 105.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 35.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• "Gym Formation"

• 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 150672: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Pontisia sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae