Ellenburger Hills SE of Barnes Ranch headquarters is a fossil collection site in San Saba, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Tanyard Formation, dated to the Gasconadian (486.85–477.1 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal and the tectonic setting is passive margin. Documented finds include Burenoceras phragmoceroides, Conocerina unguloides, Macluritella uniangulata, Sinuopea vera, Ophileta rotuliformis, Euconia conicus.

Geologic setting

Formation: Tanyard
Geologic interval: Gasconadian
Age: 486.85–477.1 Ma
Depositional environment: lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Tectonic setting: passive margin
Recorded occurrences: 7

Locality notes

" [...] from the Barnes Ranch headquarters, in the northeast corner of the Llano quadrangle." (p. 88). "1.75 miles ESE of Barnes Ranch headquarters" (explanation of figs. 12-16 of plate 15).\r\n" [...] Lllano Uplift; southeastern San Saba County, Ellenburg Hills, Barnes Ranch, about 1.2 miles S. 30° E. from the south end of long Waterhole, at the J. E. Barnes Ranch headquarters." (p. 71)

Fossils found here

Burenoceras phragmoceroides

Cephalopoda · Ellesmeroceratidae

Conocerina unguloides

Cephalopoda · Ellesmeroceratidae

Macluritella uniangulata

Gastropoda · Macluritidae

Sinuopea vera

Gastropoda · Sinuopeidae

Ophileta rotuliformis

Gastropoda · Ophiletidae

Euconia conicus

Gastropoda · Sinuopeidae

Ribeiria calcifera

Rostroconchia · Ribeiriidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 88808 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Ellenburger Hills SE of Barnes Ranch headquarters

Can you collect at Ellenburger Hills SE of Barnes Ranch headquarters?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Ellenburger Hills SE of Barnes Ranch headquarters?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.