PRI 2186 is a fossil collection site in Wilcox, 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 coastal indet. Documented finds include Saccella quercollis, Agaronia, Atys, Gemmula (Coronia), Fulgurofusus, Mathilda.

Geologic setting

Formation: Naheola
Geologic interval: Selandian
Age: 61.66–59.24 Ma
Depositional environment: coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences: 10

Locality notes

Oak Hill 1 mile west of post office. Lat and long for Oak Hill, Wilcox County, AL.

Fossils found here

Saccella quercollis

Bivalvia · Nuculanidae

Agaronia

Gastropoda · Olividae

Atys

Gastropoda · Haminoeidae

Gemmula (Coronia)

Gastropoda · Turridae

Fulgurofusus

Gastropoda · Turbinellidae

Mathilda

Gastropoda · Mathildidae

Pleurotomella

Gastropoda · Raphitomidae

Polinices eminulus

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Athleta (Volutocorbis)

Gastropoda · Volutidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90607 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about PRI 2186

Can you collect at PRI 2186?

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 PRI 2186?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.