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| age            =  [[Permian]]
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| region         = [[Texas]]
| country        = [[United States]]
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The '''Alacran Mountain Formation''' is a [[Formation (geology)|geologic formation]] in [[Texas]]. It preserves [[fossils]] dating back to the [[Permian]] [[Period (geology)|period]].
==See also==
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Texas|Paleontology}}
* [[List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas]]
* [[Paleontology in Texas]]
==References==
* {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
[[Category:Permian geology of Texas]]
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