Delo D16, Glass Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (30.3° N, 103.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.6° N, 33.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• "Leonard Formation"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Delo

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 149861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus
"Spirifer infraplica" = Gypospirifer infraplicus King 1931
Spirifer marcoui infraplica
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae