GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills
Culberson County, Texas31.82917, −104.87167
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills
GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills is a fossil collection site in Culberson, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Bell Canyon Formation, dated to the Capitanian (264.28–259.51 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as slope. Documented finds include Amblysiphonella, Girtyocoelia beedei, Sollasia ostiolata, Sollasiella reticulata, Ramosothalamiella divaricata, Spica texana.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Bell Canyon
- Geologic interval
- Capitanian
- Age
- 264.28–259.51 Ma
- Depositional environment
- slope
- Recorded occurrences
- 37
Geology notes
The USB probably represents a small localized debris flow that originated at the shelf margin and terminated a short distance into the basin.
Locality notes
Guadalupe Pass 7.5-minute quadrangle, approximately 1300 ft west of spot height 4522, which is south of the Williams Ranch road, and 2.15 mi west-northwest of the ranch road junction with U.S. highways 62 and 180, Guadalupe Mountains National Park. At or near USGS 7663.
Fossils found here
Amblysiphonella
Demospongiae · Sebargasiidae
Girtyocoelia beedei
Demospongiae · Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata
Demospongiae · Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasiella reticulata
Demospongiae · Girtyocoeliidae
Ramosothalamiella divaricata
Demospongiae · Girtyocoeliidae
Spica texana
Demospongiae · Spicidae
Guadalupia zitteliana
Demospongiae · Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia minuta
Demospongiae · Guadalupiidae
Lemonea cylindrica
Demospongiae · Guadalupiidae
Incisimura bella
Demospongiae · Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia megacysta
Demospongiae · Guadalupiidae
Preperonidella rigbyi
Demospongiae · Preperonidellidae
Djemelia
Demospongiae · Preperonidellidae
Lercaritubus problematicus
Demospongiae · Preperonidellidae
Newellospongia perforata
Demospongiae · Virgolidae
Radiotrabeculopora virga
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Disjectoporidae
Daharella ramosa
Demospongiae · Auriculospongiidae
Daharella pattersonia
Demospongiae · Auriculospongiidae
Daharella crassa
Demospongiae · Auriculospongiidae
Tristratocoelia rhythmica
Demospongiae · Colospongiidae
Colospongiella permiana
Demospongiae · Colospongiidae
Exaulipora permica
Demospongiae · Colospongiidae
Parauvanella minima
Demospongiae · Colospongiidae
Monaxoradiata lamina
Demospongiae · Sollasellidae
Chiastocolumnia cylindrica
Demospongiae · Chiastoclonellidae
Dactylites obconica
Demospongiae · Anthracosyconidae
Dactylites magna
Demospongiae · Anthracosyconidae
Flexuospiculata hexactina
Hexactinellida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Pulsatospongia obconica
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Strigogoniatites fountaini
Cephalopoda · Paragastrioceratidae
Hoarepora capitanensis
Rostroconchia · Bransoniidae
Retispira
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Discotropis girtyi
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Shwedagonia elegans
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Lamellospira conica
Gastropoda · Phymatopleuridae
Apachella translirata
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Soleniscus variabilis
Gastropoda · Soleniscidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 75969 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills
Can you collect at GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills?
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What minerals are found at GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills?
Fossil.
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