Morehead I64 Roadcut is a fossil collection site in Rowan, Kentucky, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Masonoceras kentuckiense, Kazakhstania colubrella, Muensteroceras oweni, Pseudopolygnathus, Neopolygnathus communis, Gnathodus.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Ivorian
Age: 353.7–346.7 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Altitude: 230 meters
Recorded occurrences: 9

Locality notes

roadcut exposure along the eastbound lane of Interstate Highway 64, 4.8 km northeast of its intersection with Kentucky State Route 32 at Morehead, Rowan County Kentucky (Carter Coordinate 73-U-13, Morehead 7-1/2' Quadrangle).

Fossils found here

Masonoceras kentuckiense

Cephalopoda · Karagandoceratidae

Kazakhstania colubrella

Cephalopoda · Gattendorfiidae

Muensteroceras oweni

Cephalopoda · Muensteroceratidae

Pseudopolygnathus

Conodonta · Polygnathidae

Neopolygnathus communis

Conodonta · Polygnathidae

Gnathodus

Conodonta · Idiognathodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 46583 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Morehead I64 Roadcut

Can you collect at Morehead I64 Roadcut?

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 Morehead I64 Roadcut?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.