USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains
Brewster County, Texas30.35417, −103.11667
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains
USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains is a fossil collection site in Brewster, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Neal Ranch Formation, dated to the Asselian (298.9–293.52 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as reef, buildup or bioherm. Documented finds include Acanthocrania, Atelestegastus marginatus, Cenorhynchia hebata, Chelononia straminea, Composita strongyle, Cooperina triangulata.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Neal Ranch
- Geologic interval
- Asselian
- Age
- 298.9–293.52 Ma
- Depositional environment
- reef, buildup or bioherm
- Recorded occurrences
- 36
Locality notes
From single block containing numerous sponges taken from biohermal mass on slope just S of canyon forks, NW facing slope on the W side of a S-flowing arroyo, 0.4 to 0.5 miles N87W of hill 5060, Wolf Camp Hills, Hess Canyon quadrangle.
Fossils found here
Acanthocrania
Craniata · Craniidae
Atelestegastus marginatus
Strophomenata · Cooperinidae
Cenorhynchia hebata
Rhynchonellata · Wellerellidae
Chelononia straminea
Strophomenata · Schuchertellidae
Composita strongyle
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Cooperina triangulata
Strophomenata · Cooperinidae
Orbicoelia tumibilis
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Derbyia profunda
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Diplanus catatonus
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Enteletes wolfcampensis
Rhynchonellata · Enteletidae
Eolyttonia fredericksi
Strophomenata · Lyttoniidae
Fimbrinia plummeri
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Goniarina pyelodes
Strophomenata · Schuchertellidae
Hustedia trita leptyca
Rhynchonellata · Neoretziidae
Hystriculina minima
Strophomenata · Paucispiniferidae
Lepidocrania sparsispinosa
Craniata · Craniidae
Limbella wolfcampensis
Strophomenata · Aulostegidae
Linoproductus
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Meekella prionota
Strophomenata · Meekellidae
Neochonetes liratus
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Neophricadothyris transversa
Rhynchonellata · Elythidae
Nudauris splendens
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Orthotichia kozlowskii
Rhynchonellata · Schizophoriidae
Paraspiriferina amoena
Rhynchonellata · Paraspiriferinidae
Pontisia kingi
Rhynchonellata · Pontisiidae
Psilocamara hesperia
Rhynchonellata · Psilocamaridae
Rhipidomella miscella
Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae
Rhynchopora molina
Rhynchonellata · Rhynchoporidae
Novlepatella patella
Tergomya · Damilinidae
Triproetus angustus
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Xenechinus parvus
Echinoidea · Cravenechinidae
Annuliconcha interlineata
Bivalvia · Annuliconchidae
Annuliconcha dentata
Bivalvia · Annuliconchidae
Teguliferina boesei
Strophomenata · Cyclacanthariidae
Lophotichium rotundiseptum
Anthozoa · Lophotichiidae
Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) nealranchense
Anthozoa · Lophotichiidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 43472 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains
Can you collect at USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass 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 USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains?
Fossil.
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