R.E. King 122, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains: Kungurian, Texas
collected by R.E. King, P.B. King 1925-1928

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella hessensis n. sp. King 1931
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Spirifer infraplica King 1931
recombined as Gypospirifer infraplicus
Spirifer marcoui infraplica
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Perrinites hilli (Smith 1903)
Miller and Furnish 1940
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.3° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.1° North, 33.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Kungurian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Kungurian
Age range of interval:283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Skinner Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine 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:113194
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-23 15:25:53 Last modified:2013-09-10 20:45:31
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-23 15:25:53
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:

27325 A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]