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BC-2 , Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.9861,-98.3158 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Oklahoma, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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BC-2 (Chickasha Formation) | Olson E. C. (1965) | El Reno - Chickasha | "All the deposits are in that part of the Chickasha Formation delineated by Fay (1962) as the Chickasha Tongue within the Flowerpot Formation. The tongue contains four mapped beds, numbered consecutively from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest)." BC-2 "horizon lies between beds 2 and 3 of the Chickasha Tongue."\nMinimum age originally entered as >> Capitanian <<. These beds, however, are likely to be older (see, e.g., Reisz & Laurin, 2002, 114(9)). | siltstone | 272.3 - 265.1 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cotylorhynchus bransoni species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Caseidae : Cotylorhynchus : Cotylorhynchus bransoni | 272.3 - 265.1 Ma Permian |
Cymatorhiza kittsi species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Cymatorhiza : Cymatorhiza kittsi | 272.3 - 265.1 Ma Permian |
References
Olson E. C. (1965) New Permian vertebrates from the Chickasha Formation in Oklahoma, Circular Oklahoma Geological Survey 70, 1-70 |
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!