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B.E.G. 220-T-1 (Q-4), 1 mile ENE of Abilene Railway station

US / TX
32.46500, -99.71000View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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B.E.G. 220-T-1 (Q-4), 1 mile ENE of Abilene Railway station is a fossil collection site in Taylor, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Clear Fork Formation, dated to the Kungurian (283.3–274.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Perrinites hilli, Medlicottia arroyoensis.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Clear Fork
Geologic interval
Kungurian
Age
283.3–274.4 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

Limestone ledge about 10 feet below capping limestone of a westward-facing slope just south of Abilene Christian College and about 1 mile east-northeast of the railroad station in Abilene

Fossils found here

Perrinites hilli
Cephalopoda · Perrinitidae
Medlicottia arroyoensis
Cephalopoda · Medlicottiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 81134 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.46500, -99.71000

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