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UCMP V4924, Hunt 2 quarry

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34.60000, -109.63333View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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UCMP V4924, Hunt 2 quarry is a fossil collection site in Apache, Arizona, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Moenkopi Formation, dated to the Aegean to Bithynian (246.7–244.24 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Eocyclotosaurus wellesi.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Moenkopi
Geologic interval
Aegean to Bithynian
Age
246.7–244.24 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

Exact locality details not given; based upon settlement of Hunt, Arizona

Fossils found here

Eocyclotosaurus wellesi
Amphibia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 95088 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 34.60000, -109.63333

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