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USNM702a1, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.4056,-103.117 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Brewster County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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USNM702a1, Split Tank, Glass Mountains | Cooper G. A., Grant R. E. (1977) | Cathedral Mountain | Massive lens 12 feet thick abounding in Collemataria 11 feet above thick limestones just below thick (116 feet) body of shale, 184feet above base of Cathedral Mountain Formation. | "limestone" | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cartorhium latum species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Cartorhium : Cartorhium latum | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Neospirifer mansuetus species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Neospirifer : Neospirifer mansuetus | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Megousia auriculata species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : Megousia : Megousia auriculata | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Choanodus irregularis species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : Choanodus : Choanodus irregularis | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Collemataria gregaria species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : Collemataria : Collemataria gregaria | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Eolyttonia circularis species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : Eolyttonia : Eolyttonia circularis | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
References
Cooper G. A., Grant R. E. (1977) Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, VI, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 32, 3161-3370 |
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!