Agr-7 is a fossil collection site in Greene, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Mooreville Chalk, dated to the Early Campanian (83.6–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Prionochelys matutina, Ichthyornis dispar.

Geologic setting

Formation: Mooreville Chalk
Geologic interval: Early Campanian
Age: 83.6–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 2

Geology notes

Inner to middle neritic environments below the wave base

Fossils found here

Prionochelys matutina

Reptilia · Pancheloniidae

Ichthyornis dispar

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 197314 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Agr-7?

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 Agr-7?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.