R.E. King 253, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Appel Ranch Member (Word Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 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 150798: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia meekana Shumard 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus
"Chonetes subliratus" = Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus Girty 1909