Where: Burnet County, Texas (30.8° N, 98.4° W: paleocoordinates 16.5° S, 98.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aphelaspis trilobite zone, Riley Formation, Paibian (497.0 - 494.0 Ma)
• Member is either Lion Mountain or upper Cap Mountain
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dake, Bridge, Ulrich in 1930-1934; reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: A. R. Palmer. 1954. The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 28(6):709-786 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208983: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 20.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Cheilocephalus breviloba" = Cheilocephalus brevilobus
"Cheilocephalus breviloba" = Cheilocephalus brevilobus Walcott 1916 trilobite | |
"Raaschella ornata" = Glaphyraspis
"Raaschella ornata" = Glaphyraspis trilobite | |
Aphelaspis walcotti Resser 1938 trilobite |