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Deaf Smith County, Texas, USAi
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Deaf Smith CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Hereford15,021 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
273496
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:273496:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Deaf Smith, Texas, États-Unis
German:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Deaf Smith, Texas, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Деф-Смит, Техас, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
戴夫史密斯縣, 德克萨斯州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Deaf Smith, Texas, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ديف سميث , تكساس, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Դիֆ Սմիթ շրջան, Տեխաս, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Deaf Smith konderria , Texas
Bavarian:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ডেফ স্মিথ কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Деф Смит, Тексас, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Deaf Smith County, Texas
Czech:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Deaf Smithi maakond, Texas, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان دف اسمیت، تگزاس, تگزاس, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
დეფ-სმიტის ოლქი, ტეხასი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Deaf Smith megye, Texas, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Indonesian:
County Deaf Smith, Texas, Amerika Serikat
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Deaf Smith, Texas, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
デフスミス郡, テキサス州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Deaf Smith Comitatus, Texia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Deaf Smith Gông, Texas
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Deaf Smith Kūn
Norwegian:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Deaf Smith, Teksas, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Deaf Smith, Texas, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Deaf Smith, Texas, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Deaf Smith, Texas, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Деф Смит, Тексас, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
Traditional Chinese:
戴夫史密斯縣, 德薩斯州, 美國
Turkish:
Deaf Smith ilçesi, Teksas, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Деф-Сміт, Техас, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
ڈیف سمتھ کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, ٹیکساس, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Deaf Smith, Texas, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Deaf Smith, Texas, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
ڈیف سمتھ کاؤنٹی, ٹیکساس, امریکہ


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Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences16
Youngest Fossil Listed1.80 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed372 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
San Andres12.588 - 0.781 Ma (Pleistocene)
Woodford10372.2 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Palmatolepis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Palmatolepidae : Palmatolepis372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Polygnathus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Polygnathidae : Polygnathus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Testudinidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Platygonus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Gigantocamelus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Gigantocamelus4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Proboscidea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Equus (Dolichohippus) simplicidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : Equus (Dolichohippus) simplicidens4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Platysomidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Platysomidae279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas
Wikidata ID:Q109804
GeoNames ID:5520004

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