USGS 8529, Hill 5501, Mule Mountains
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Found Here
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Earp
- Geologic interval
- Asselian to Sakmarian
- Age
- 298.9–290.1 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shallow subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
From 1500 feet northeast of crest of Hill 5501 in sect. 23, T. 21 S., R. 23 E., Pearce quadrangle, Arizona.
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 121362 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 31.59000, -109.91700
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