Mount Blanco (geologic formation)

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Mount Blanco is a notable geologic formation in Texas known for its rich fossil deposits and significance in North American paleontology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
containsFossilsOf camels ⓘ
carnivorans ⓘ
horses ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
proboscideans ⓘ
rodents ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
geologicAge Neogene ⓘ
geologicPeriod Pliocene ⓘ
linked to: Pliocene epoch
hasStratigraphicType eolian-influenced deposits ⓘ
fluvial deposits ⓘ
knownFor North American vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
rich fossil deposits ⓘ
lithology claystone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn Briscoe County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Blanco, Texas ⓘ
overlies Miocene strata ⓘ
partOf Llano Estacado ⓘ
Ogallala Group ⓘ
Southern High Plains ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region
region North America ⓘ
significance biostratigraphic correlation in the Pliocene of North America ⓘ
study of Neogene mammalian evolution in North America ⓘ
underlies younger Pliocene deposits ⓘ

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Mount Blanco Fossil Museum → namedAfter → Mount Blanco (geologic formation) ⓘ