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Cotuit Port

Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 3, 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 Cotuit Port

Cotuit Port is a fossil collection site in Barnstable, Massachusetts, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Homo sapiens, Rangifer tarandus caribou, Odocoileus virginianus, Ursus americanus, Canis, Vulpes.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Holocene
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
22
Locality notes

Barnstable

Fossils found here

Homo sapiens
Mammalia · Hominidae
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Mammalia · Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
Mammalia · Cervidae
Ursus americanus
Mammalia · Ursidae
Canis
Mammalia · Canidae
Vulpes
Mammalia · Canidae
Felis
Mammalia · Felidae
Neogale vison
Mammalia · Mustelidae
Mephitis mephitis
Mammalia · Mephitidae
Phoca vitulina
Mammalia · Phocidae
Meleagris gallopavo
Reptilia · Phasianidae
Testudines
Reptilia
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes
Busycon carica
Gastropoda · Busyconidae
Ficus
Gastropoda · Ficidae
Ostrea edulis
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Bivalvia · Myidae
Mercenaria mercenaria
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Mytilus edulis
Bivalvia · Mytilidae
Chlamys tenuicostatus
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Mactra
Bivalvia · Mactridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 176525 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Cotuit Port?

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 Cotuit Port?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 14.3 kg stony meteorite was found at Barnstable in 2018, 5 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.