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Wilberns - Point Peak, Gillespie County, Texas, USA
Formation | Wilberns |
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Member | Point Peak |
Age: | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian |
Interval | Sunwaptan |
Lithology | reef rocks |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Threadgill Creek | Gillespie County, Texas, USA | Wilberns - Point Peak |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Wilberns - Morgan Creek Limestone | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | reef rocks, "limestone" | 6 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Wilbernicyathus sp. genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Streptosolenidae : Wilbernicyathus | 498.5 - 485.4 Ma Cambrian |
References
Johns R. A., Dattilo B. F., et al (2007) Neotype and redescription of the Upper Cambrian anthaspidellid sponge, Wilbernicyathus donegani Wilson, 1950, Journal of Paleontology 81 3, 435-444 |
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!