R.E. King 77, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains: Gzhelian, Texas
collected by R.E. King, P.B. King 1925-1928
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Schwagerinidae
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Triticites cullomensis
Dunbar and Condra 1927
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Dunbar and Skinner 1937 | |||||||||
| Triticites cullomensis pygmaeus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Spirifer (Neospirifer) triplicatus
(Hall 1852)
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| replaced by Neospirifer dunbari | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia rhomboidalis
Girty 1908
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.6° South, 37.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Gzhelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gaptank | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wolfcamp (upper, lowest beds above basal conglomerate) [= Lenox Hills Formation] according to Cooper & Grant 1977. Dunbar & Skinner (1937) placed in Gaptank Formation on the basis of the fusulinid Triticites cullomensis, consistent with the stratigraphy of that species in Ross (1963). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | R.E. King, P.B. King | Collection dates: | 1925-1928 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 151346 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-09-29 02:11:14 | Last modified: | 2020-03-29 11:26:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-09-29 02:11:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18203. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 71959 | C. O. Dunbar and J. W. Skinner. 1937. The geology of Texas, volume III. Upper Paleozoic ammonites and fusulinids, part 2. Permian Fusulinidae of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:517-825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |