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Taylor, USA

FormationTaylor
Member(s)Pecan Gap Chalk
Age:101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalFloran
Lithologylimestone/chert, marl
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Taylor FormationTaylor
Guadalupe RiverComal County, Texas, USATaylor
Marlin to Cedar Springs roadFalls County, Texas, USATaylor - Pecan Gap Chalk

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Taylor - Pecan Gap Chalk83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
chalk1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Palaega guadalupensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Cirolanidae : Palaega : Palaega guadalupensis100.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trilobita
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita507 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Cricosia filosa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Cricosia : Cricosia filosa83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cloudina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Cloudinidae : Cloudina507 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

References

Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160
Cooper G. A. (1973) Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda), Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6, 371-390
Yochelson E. L., Stump E. (1977) Discovery of Early Cambrian fossils at Taylor Nunatak, Antarctica, Journal of Paleontology 51 4, 872-875
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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