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Ellenburger - Honeycut, Texas, USA

Group	Ellenburger
Formation	Honeycut
Age:	485 - 468 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Jeffersonian
Lithology	limestone, wackestone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	23

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
TF-255	San Saba County, Texas, USA	Ellenburger - Honeycut
Rough Hollow	Blanco County, Texas, USA	Ellenburger - Honeycut
Roaring Springs	Burnet County, Texas, USA	Ellenburger - Honeycut
Honey Creek	Burnet County, Texas, USA	Ellenburger - Honeycut

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Honeycut	485 - 468 Ma Paleozoic	dolomite, "limestone"	45

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Jeffersonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : *Jeffersonia*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Jeffersonia granosa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Jeffersonia : *Jeffersonia granosa*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Strigigenalis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : *Strigigenalis*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Pseudohystricurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : *Pseudohystricurus*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Finkelnburgia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Finkelnburgiidae : *Finkelnburgia*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Xenelasma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Syntrophiidae : *Xenelasma*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Conodonta class	3	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Cephalopoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Tarphyceras chadwickense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tarphyceratidae : Tarphyceras : *Tarphyceras chadwickense*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Barnesella lecanospiroides species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Lecanospira : *Barnesella lecanospiroides*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Ceratopea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : *Ceratopea*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Orospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : *Orospira*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Hormotoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : *Hormotoma*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Pleurotomaria etna species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuopeidae : Euconia : *Pleurotomaria etna*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Eopteria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Eopteriidae : *Eopteria*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Eopteria richardsoni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Eopteriidae : Eopteria : *Eopteria richardsoni*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Archaeoscyphia annulata species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia : *Archaeoscyphia annulata*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Girvanella sp. genus	6	Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Porostromataceae : *Girvanella*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Renalcis sp. genus	6	Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : *Renalcis*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Calathium sp. genus	6	Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : *Calathium*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic

References

Bridge J., Cloud P.E. (1947) New gastropods and trilobites critical in the correlation of Lower Ordovician rocks, The American Journal of Science 245, 545-559

Pojeta J., Runnegar B. (1976) The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968, 1-88

Toomey D. F., Nitecki M. H. (1979) Organic buildups in the Lower Ordovician (Canadian) of Texas and Oklahoma, Fieldiana Geology 2, 1-181

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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