Coffeeville is a fossil collection site in Clarke, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Lisbon Formation, dated to the Middle Eocene (48.07–37.71 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Endopachys lonsdalei.

Geologic setting

Formation: Lisbon
Geologic interval: Middle Eocene
Age: 48.07–37.71 Ma
Depositional environment: coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Fossils found here

Endopachys lonsdalei

Anthozoa · Dendrophylliidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 88086 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Coffeeville?

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 Coffeeville?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.