Geraldine Bone Bed: Wolfcampian, Texas
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Archer |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 98.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° South, 30.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1-2 | ||
| *International age/stage: | Asselian - Olenekian | ||
| Key time interval: | Wolfcampian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.9 - 286 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: gray, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fire | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 52 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, 479, 482, 485, 483, 454, 121, 456, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1598, Geraldine Bone Bed, | ||
| Database number: | 22719 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 2001-05-29 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-05-29 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4113. | P. M. Sander. 1987. Taphonomy of the Lower Permian Geraldine Bonebed in Archer County, Texas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 61:221-236 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/J. Cassara] |