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Main Street Limestone, Texas, USA

FormationMain Street Limestone
Age:99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Cenomanian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections22
Number of Occurrences27

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Love FarmBell County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Lampasas RiverBell County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Calloway BranchTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
3 blocks north of Meadowbrook Country ClubTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Crestline RoadTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
West of Scenery Hill RoadTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Deer CreekTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Lake Arlington DamTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
North of WBAP television stationTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Denton CreekDenton County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Northeast of Meadowbrook Country ClubTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Wildcat BranchTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Pepper CreekBell County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Village Creek-Bowman Springs RoadTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Bridge on Fort Worth-Crowley RoadTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone
Roadcut on western edge of Meadowbrook Country ClubTarrant County, Texas, USAMain Street Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Grayson Marl99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
claystone/siltstone, marl, wackestone44

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Graysonites adkinsi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Graysonites : Graysonites adkinsi99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anisoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anisoceratidae : Anisoceras105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Cantabrigites spinosum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae : Cantabrigites : Cantabrigites spinosum105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae : Mortoniceras : Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae : Mortoniceras : Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Pachydesmoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Pachydesmoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Engonoceras retardum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras : Engonoceras retardum105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Engonoceras serpentinum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras : Engonoceras serpentinum105.3 - 93.5 Ma
Cretaceous
Neophlycticeras blancheti
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Lyelliceratidae : Neophlycticeras : Neophlycticeras blancheti99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) crotaloides
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Stoliczkaiella : Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) crotaloides99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) texana
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Stoliczkaiella : Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) texana99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) conlini
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Stoliczkaia : Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) conlini99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scaphites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Scaphites105.3 - 93.5 Ma
Cretaceous
Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Mariella : Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous

References

Young K. (1979) Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26, 1-99
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (2005) Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas, Cretaceous Research 26, 349-428
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!
 
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