Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove
Okaloosa County, Florida30.92361, −86.56111
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove
Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove is a fossil collection site in Okaloosa, Florida, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Oak Grove Formation, dated to the Middle Miocene (15.98–11.63 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Calappa flammea.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Oak Grove
- Geologic interval
- Middle Miocene
- Age
- 15.98–11.63 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Fossils found here
Calappa flammea
Malacostraca · Calappidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 144059 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove
Can you collect at Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove?
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 Right bank of Yellow River, 400 ft below the bridge near Oak Grove?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.