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Mustang Creek, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.55,-97.3 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Williamson County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Mustang Creek, Noack | Wells J. W. (1933) | Navarro | in the upper part of a chalky marl member of the Navarro | marl | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Caryophyllia konincki species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia : Caryophyllia konincki | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Wadeopsammia nodosa species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Wadeopsammia : Wadeopsammia nodosa | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Wells J. W. (1933) Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States, Bulletins of American Paleontology 18 67, 85-288 |
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!