Cathedral Mountain Formation

The Cathedral Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.

Cathedral Mountain Formation
Stratigraphic range: Permian
Type	Formation
Location
Location	Brewster County, Texas
Coordinates	30.308°N 103.266°W / 30.308; -103.266 (Cathedral Mountain Formation)
Region	Trans-Pecos
Country	United States
Type section
Location	Cathedral Mountain
Coordinates	30.31666°N 103.35000°W / 30.31666; -103.35000 (Cathedral Mountain)

See also

• Geology of Texas
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas
• Paleontology in Texas
• Philip Burke King

Stratigraphy of Cathedral Mountain Formation

• King, Philip Burke (October 8, 1930). "The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas" [The University of Texas Bulletins No. 3038, No. 3042: Descriptive Geology Part I & II] (PDF). Texas Scholar Works ~ University of Texas Libraries. The University of Texas at Austin. OCLC 3675439.
• McAnulty, William N. (May 1955). "Geology of Cathedral Mountain Quadrangle, Brewster County, Texas" [Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 1955-05: Vol. 66, Iss. 5]. Internet Archive. Geological Society of America. pp. 531–578.
• Cooper, G. Arthur; Grant, Richard E. (1966). "Permian Rock Units in the Glass Mountains West Texas" [Contributions to Stratigraphy: Geological Survey Bulletin 1244-E] (PDF). United States Geological Survey. United States Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/b1244E.
• Keroher, Grace C. (1970). "Cathedral Mountain Formation" [Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1961-1967: Geological Survey Bulletin 1350] (PDF). United States Geological Survey. United States Government Printing Office. p. 129. doi:10.3133/b1350.
• "Permian Rock Units in the Glass Mountains, West Texas". National Geologic Map Database. United States Geological Survey.

External links

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.