PTEM-2 is a fossil collection site in Pottawatomie, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Grenola Formation, dated to the Asselian (298.9–293.52 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet and the tectonic setting is cratonic basin. Documented finds include Aviculopecten occidentalis, Composita subtilita, Crurithyris expansa, Lingula carbonaria, Linoproductus, Hystriculina wabashensis.

Geologic setting

Formation: Grenola
Geologic interval: Asselian
Age: 298.9–293.52 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Tectonic setting: cratonic basin
Recorded occurrences: 7

Locality notes

S1/2,NW,SE,sec.10,T8S,R12E

Fossils found here

Aviculopecten occidentalis

Bivalvia · Aviculopectinidae

Composita subtilita

Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae

Crurithyris expansa

Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae

Lingula carbonaria

Lingulata · Lingulidae

Linoproductus

Strophomenata · Linoproductidae

Hystriculina wabashensis

Strophomenata · Paucispiniferidae

Wellerella

Rhynchonellata · Wellerellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 793 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at PTEM-2?

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 PTEM-2?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.