Walcott Loc. 070. Baldy Mountain near Morgans Creek, 12.8 km northwest of Burnet (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as Baldy Mountain near Morgan's Creek, 12.8 km northwest of Burnet

Where: Burnet County, Texas (30.8° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° S, 95.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elvinia trilobite zone, Morgan Creek Member (Wilberns Formation), Franconian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky. 1987. Taxonomic Revision of Lower and Middle Paleozoic Orthothecida (Hyolitha) from NorthAmerica and China. Journal of Paleontology 61(5):942-959 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199766: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Novitatidae
Decoritheca cyrene Walcott 1905