Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains
El Paso County, Texas31.85000, −106.48333
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains
Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains is a fossil collection site in El Paso, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the McKelligon Canyon Formation, dated to the Arenig (477.1–468 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as reef, buildup or bioherm. Documented finds include Pulchrilamina, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Calathium, Crinoidea, Girvanella, Finkelnburgia.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- McKelligon Canyon
- Geologic interval
- Arenig
- Age
- 477.1–468 Ma
- Depositional environment
- reef, buildup or bioherm
- Recorded occurrences
- 13
Fossils found here
Pulchrilamina
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Pulchrilaminidae
Archaeoscyphia annulata
Demospongiae · Anthaspidellidae
Calathium
Radiocyatha · Soanitidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Girvanella
Hormogoneae · Girvanellaceae
Finkelnburgia
Rhynchonellata · Finkelnburgiidae
Oligorthis arbucklensis
Rhynchonellata · Plectorthidae
Nuia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Conodonta
Conodonta
Trilobita
Trilobita
Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 80082 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains
Can you collect at Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains?
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 Lechuguilla Mound, Southern Franklin Mountains?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.