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PRI 2181

Choctaw County, Alabama
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Next site in Alabama Nanafalia Landing on the Tombigbee River, Alabama · 6 mi

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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.

Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

6 mi Nanafalia Landing on the Tombigbee River, AlabamaFossil14 miLindenFossil21 miAlabama Hwy 29, (Unit 2, Chickasawhay Lmst.) - Toulmin et al (1951)Fossil

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About PRI 2181

PRI 2181 is a fossil collection site in Choctaw, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Naheola Formation, dated to the Selandian (61.66–59.24 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Lacunaria, Polinices eminulus, Retusa (Cylichnina), Athleta (Volutocorbis).

Geologic setting

Formation
Naheola
Geologic interval
Selandian
Age
61.66–59.24 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
4
Locality notes

Naheola Landing on Tombigbee River. Lat and long for this site.

Fossils found here

Lacunaria
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Polinices eminulus
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Retusa (Cylichnina)
Gastropoda · Retusidae
Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Gastropoda · Volutidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90605 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at PRI 2181?

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What minerals are found at PRI 2181?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 43 kg iron meteorite was found at Tombigbee River in 1859, 11 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.