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Starkville tracksite

Las Animas County, Colorado
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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.

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About Starkville tracksite

Starkville tracksite is a fossil collection site in Las Animas, Colorado, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Raton Formation, dated to the Late Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Aves, Tetrapoda, Ceratopsidae, Hadrosauridae.

Geologic setting

Formation
Raton
Geologic interval
Late Maastrichtian
Age
72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
4
Locality notes

second site near Starkville, on the outskirts of Trinidad, 25 km S of Ludlow

Fossils found here

Aves
Aves
Tetrapoda
Osteichthyes
Ceratopsidae
Ornithischia · Ceratopsidae
Hadrosauridae
Ornithischia · Hadrosauridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 184700 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Starkville tracksite?

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 Starkville tracksite?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 41 g stony-iron meteorite was found at El Rancho Grande in 1954, 28 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.