Where: Texas (30.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Road Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 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 150866: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Productus indicus" = Costiferina indica
"Productus indicus" = Costiferina indica Waagen 1884 | |
"Lyttonia americana" = Leptodus
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"Aulosteges guadalupensis" = Echinosteges guadalupensis
"Aulosteges guadalupensis" = Echinosteges guadalupensis Shumard 1858 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Spirifer (Neospirifer) bakeri King 1931 | |
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) pseudocameratus" = Timaniella pseudocamerata Girty 1920 |