R.E. King 250, Hess Canyon, 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
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Lyttonia nobilis americanus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
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:based on nearby landmark
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:China Tank
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Second Limestone member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:YPM
Collectors:R.E. King, P.B. King Collection dates:1925-1928
Metadata
Database number:150661
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-09-12 12:38:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-09-12 12:38:24
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]