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Elm Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 33.6214,-97.2467 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Cooke County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Elm Creek, Cooke Co. [Goodland Limestone] | Young K. (1966) | Goodland Limestone | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Goodland Limestone, which overlies the Walnut Clay and is overlain by the Kiamichi Fm. It is a lateral correlative of the Comanche Peak and Edwards Limestones. AGE: late Middle-Late Albian; Manuaniceras carbonarium or Manuaniceras powelli zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | "limestone" | 109 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Mojsisovicsiidae : Oxytropidoceras : Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) | 109 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Mojsisovicsiidae : Oxytropidoceras : Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) | 109 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
References
Young K. (1966) Texas Mojsisoviciziinae (Ammonoidea) and the zonation of the Fredricksburg, Geological Society of America Memoir 100, 1-225 |
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!