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1 mi N of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.65,-97.6789 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
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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1 mi N of Georgetown, cliffs on Georgetown-Belton road | Rathbun M. J. (1935) | Fort Worth limestone | "limestone" | 145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Palaeastacus walkeri species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae : Palaeastacus : Palaeastacus walkeri | 145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160 |
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!