North entrance to Livingston University is a fossil collection site in Sumter, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Prairie Bluff Chalk, dated to the Late Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Arcoscalpellum withersi.

Geologic setting

Formation: Prairie Bluff Chalk
Geologic interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age: 72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment: carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

Road cut at north entrance to Livingston University, Sumter County, Alabama; SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 21, T 19N, R2W.

Fossils found here

Arcoscalpellum withersi

Thecostraca · Scalpellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 210620 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about North entrance to Livingston University

Can you collect at North entrance to Livingston University?

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 North entrance to Livingston University?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 43 kg iron meteorite was found at Tombigbee River in 1859, 25 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.