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Mason-Brady road, San Saba County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.25,-98.7167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Texas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Saba County, Texas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Mason-Brady road, 2.5 miles north of Camp San Saba | Dake C. L., Bridge J. (1932) | Tanyard - Staendebach | called Gasconade equivalent of Ellenburger Formation, member 3; this is the Staendebach member of the Tanyard Formation now. | "limestone" | 485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Strepsodiscus paucivoluta species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Strepsodiscus : Strepsodiscus paucivoluta | 485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Ozarkina typica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Ozarkina : Ozarkina typica | 485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Gasconadia putilla species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Ptychocaulidae : Gasconadia : Murchisonia putilla | 485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Dake C. L., Bridge J. (1932) Faunal correlations of the Ellenburger limestone of Texas, Geological Society America Bulletin 43, 725-741 |
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!