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Road cut on US highway 62 near BM 4367, Culberson County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.817,-104.829 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Culberson County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Road cut on US highway 62 near BM 4367 | Spinosa C., Furnish W.M., et al (1975) | Bone Spring | Upper Bone Spring Formation, specimens on a single bedding plane. | "limestone" | 272.3 - 268.8 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Paraceltites elegans species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Paraceltitidae : Paraceltites : Paraceltites elegans | 272.3 - 268.8 Ma Permian |
References
Spinosa C., Furnish W.M., et al (1975) The Xenodiscidae, Permian ceratitoid ammonoids, Journal of Paleontology 49 2, 239-283 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!