Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome
Blanco County, Texas30.26667, −98.35000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome
Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome is a fossil collection site in Blanco, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Honeycut Formation, dated to the Jeffersonian (486.85–471.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as reef, buildup or bioherm. Documented finds include Archaeoscyphia annulata, Girvanella, Finkelnburgia cullisoni, Xenelasma, Orospira, Hormotoma.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Honeycut
- Geologic interval
- Jeffersonian
- Age
- 486.85–471.3 Ma
- Depositional environment
- reef, buildup or bioherm
- Recorded occurrences
- 17
Locality notes
Rough Hollow and Burke Ranch E-NE of Johnson City
Fossils found here
Archaeoscyphia annulata
Demospongiae · Anthaspidellidae
Girvanella
Hormogoneae · Girvanellaceae
Finkelnburgia cullisoni
Rhynchonellata · Finkelnburgiidae
Xenelasma
Rhynchonellata · Syntrophiidae
Orospira
Gastropoda · Raphistomatidae
Hormotoma
Gastropoda · Hormotomidae
Eopteria
Rostroconchia · Eopteriidae
Euconia etna
Gastropoda · Sinuopeidae
Lecanospira lecanospiroides
Gastropoda · Ophiletidae
Ceratopea capuliformis
Gastropoda · Raphistomatidae
Ceratopea
Gastropoda · Raphistomatidae
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda
Tarphyceras chadwickense
Cephalopoda · Tarphyceratidae
Jeffersonia granosa
Trilobita · Bathyuridae
Strigigenalis
Trilobita · Bathyuridae
Pseudohystricurus
Trilobita · Dimeropygidae
Conodonta
Conodonta
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 80088 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome
Can you collect at Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome?
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 Rough Hollow, Blanco, Archaeoscyphia biostrome?
Fossil.
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