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Knight's locality #37

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Next site in MissouriLocality 6. 200 ft. north of Clayton Rd., 1st street west of Kirkwood-Ferguson Trolly tracks, "Davis Place" subdivision, Clayton · 3 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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3 miLocality 6. 200 ft. north of Clayton Rd., 1st street west of Kirkwood-Ferguson Trolly tracks, "Davis Place" subdivision, ClaytonFossil4 miKnight's locality #7Fossil5 miKnight's locality #38Fossil

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About Knight's locality #37

Knight's locality #37 is a fossil collection site in Missouri, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Henrietta Formation, dated to the Desmoinesian (312.8–306 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore indet. Documented finds include Amphissites, Roundyella simplicissima.

Geologic setting

Formation
Henrietta
Geologic interval
Desmoinesian
Age
312.8–306 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

exposed in T.R.R.A. cut 500 yards north of Manchester Avenue and 200 yards west of Macklind Avenue, Cheltenham district, St. Louis

Fossils found here

Amphissites
Ostracoda · Amphissitidae
Roundyella simplicissima
Ostracoda · Scrobiculidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 215052 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Knight's locality #37?

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 Knight's locality #37?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 1 kg stony meteorite fell at St. Louis in 1950, 5 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.