Hell's Bar is a fossil collection site in Gove, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Niobrara Formation, dated to the Santonian (85.7–83.6 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Urenchelys abditus, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Squalicorax falcatus, Squalicorax kaupi, Ptychodus mortoni, Protosphyraena tenuis.

Geologic setting

Formation: Niobrara
Geologic interval: Santonian
Age: 85.7–83.6 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 26

Locality notes

"SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec. 30, T15S R30W"

Fossils found here

Urenchelys abditus

Osteichthyes · Urenchelyidae

Cretoxyrhina mantelli

Chondrichthyes · Cretoxyrhinidae

Squalicorax falcatus

Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae

Squalicorax kaupi

Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae

Ptychodus mortoni

Chondrichthyes · Ptychodontidae

Protosphyraena tenuis

Osteichthyes · Pachycormidae

Xiphactinus audax

Osteichthyes · Ichthyodectidae

Gillicus arcuatus

Osteichthyes · Saurodontidae

Apsopelix

Osteichthyes · Crossognathidae

Pachyrhizodus caninus

Osteichthyes · Pachyrhizodontidae

Bananogmius

Osteichthyes · Plethodidae

Cimolichthys nepaholica

Osteichthyes · Cimolichthyidae

Holocentridae

Osteichthyes · Holocentridae

Pteranodon

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Mosasauridae

Reptilia · Mosasauridae

Plesiosauria

Reptilia

Toxochelyidae

Reptilia · Toxochelyidae

Pseudoperna

Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Platyceramus platinus

Bivalvia · Inoceramidae

Durania

Bivalvia · Radiolitidae

Clioscaphites choteauensis

Cephalopoda · Scaphitidae

Baculites

Cephalopoda · Baculitidae

Scalpellidae

Thecostraca · Scalpellidae

Acrothoracica

Thecostraca

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 94652 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Hell's Bar

Can you collect at Hell's Bar?

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 Hell's Bar?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 35 kg stony meteorite fell at Modoc (1905) in 1905, 26 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.