R.E. King 240, Hill 5801, Glass Mountains: Roadian, Texas
collected by R.E. King, P.B. King 1925-1928

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Miller and Furnish 1940
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Miller and Furnish 1940
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 31.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Roadian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 3
Key time interval: Roadian
Age range of interval: 274.4 - 266.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Word Member:Willis Ranch
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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:113208
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-24 00:59:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-24 00:59:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]