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Sonora, Sutton County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.5669,-100.643 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sutton County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Sonora, near [Buda Limestone] | Young K. (1979) | Buda Limestone | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Buda Limestone, which overlies the Del Rio Fm (Cenomanian), and is correlative with the Grasyon Fm. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of formation. | "limestone" | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Budaiceras elegantior species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Lyelliceratidae : Budaiceras : Budaiceras elegantior | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Budaiceras hyatti species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Budaiceras : Budaiceras hyatti | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) texanum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Neophlycticeras : Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) texanum | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Young K. (1979) Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26, 1-99 |
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!