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Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.19,-98.0867 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Hays County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Dripping Springs, Texas (Glen Rose Limestone) | Young K. (1974) | Glen Rose Limestone | 230 feet of dolomitic limestones, marly limestones, biolithites and evaporitic limestones underlain by Hensel Formation and overlain by Walnut Formation. | "limestone" | 112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hypacanthoplites sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Parahoplitidae : Hypacanthoplites | 112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Neodeshayesites comalensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Deshayesitidae : Neodeshayesites : Neodeshayesites comalensis | 112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Young K. (1974) Lower Albian and Aptian (Cretaceous) ammonites of Texas, Geoscience and Man, Aspects of Trinity Division geology 8, 175-228 |
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!