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Placerville Localities 11-13, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.9994,-108.029 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Miguel County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Placerville Localities 11-13 | Lewis G. E., Vaughn P. P. (1965) | Cutler | about 100-200 feet below top of Cutler Fm. " [...] the present [...] study [...] has convinced us that the age is Early Permian beyond all reasonable doubt, equivalent to that of the Moran, Putnam, and Admiral Formations of Texas." (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965 p. C41). According to that statement the collection is of Wolfcampian age. | "siliciclastic" | 296.4 - 268 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Vaughnictis smithae species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eothyrididae : Vaughnictis : Mycterosaurus smithae | 296.4 - 268 Ma Permian |
Cutleria wilmarthi species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Cutleria : Cutleria wilmarthi | 296.4 - 268 Ma Permian |
Pelycosauria order | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Pelycosauria | 296.4 - 268 Ma Permian |
References
Lewis G. E., Vaughn P. P. (1965) Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado, United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C, C1-C46 |
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!