Walcott Loc. 070. Baldy Mountain near Morgans Creek, 12.8 km northwest of Burnet: Franconian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Orthothecida
- Novitatidae
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Decoritheca cyrene
(Walcott 1905)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Burnet |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 98.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.3° South, 95.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Franconian | Trilobite zone: | Elvinia |
| Age range of interval: | 497 - 485.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wilberns | Member: | Morgan Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Baldy Mountain near Morgan's Creek, 12.8 km northwest of Burnet | ||
| Database number: | 199766 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-13 17:02:25 | Last modified: | 2019-02-13 17:04:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-13 17:02:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67936. | 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] |