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Cragin's Knobs, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.7167,-97.3667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Tarrant County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Cragin's Knobs, Fort Worth | Wells J. W. (1933) | Fredericksburg - Goodland | upper Goodland | "limestone" | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Axosmilia craginiana species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Axosmiliidae : Axosmilia : Axosmilia craginiana | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Coelosmilia texana species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Coelosmilia : Coelosmilia texana | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Eocolumastrea gortanii species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Columastreidae : Eocolumastrea : Eocolumastrea gortanii | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Epistreptophyllum boesei species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Epistreptophyllum : Epistreptophyllum boesei | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Wells J. W. (1933) Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States, Bulletins of American Paleontology 18 67, 85-288 |
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!