Low ridges at south foot of Cretaceous limestone mesa: Gzhelian, Texas
collected by A.G. Nance, P.B. King
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Schwagerinidae
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Triticites irregularis
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 102.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.8° South, 37.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Gzhelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gaptank |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
| Collectors: | A.G. Nance, P.B. King |
Metadata
| Database number: | 112344 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2011-07-10 01:55:37 | Last modified: | 2020-03-29 12:05:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-10 01:55:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71959. | C. O. Dunbar and J. W. Skinner. 1937. The geology of Texas, volume III. Upper Paleozoic ammonites and fusulinids, part 2. Permian Fusulinidae of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:517-825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |