R.E. King 203, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gaptank Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 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 150801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Isogrammidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis
"Aulosteges wolfcampensis" = Limbella wolfcampensis King 1931
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Buxtonia occidentalis" = Kochiproductus occidentalis
"Buxtonia occidentalis" = Kochiproductus occidentalis King 1931
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci
"Marginifera capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842