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Laredo Coal

Grundy Co. County, Missouri
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Laredo Coal

Laredo Coal is a fossil collection site in Grundy Co., Missouri, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Nowata Formation, dated to the Middle Pennsylvanian (315.2–307 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Deltoidospora, Punctatisporites, Granulatisporites, Cyclogranisporites, Raistrickia, Microreticulatisporites.

Geologic setting

Formation
Nowata
Geologic interval
Middle Pennsylvanian
Age
315.2–307 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
24
Locality notes

SW, SW, Sec24, T60N, R23W, Grundy Co.

Fossils found here

Deltoidospora
Pteridopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Punctatisporites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Granulatisporites
Pteridopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Cyclogranisporites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Raistrickia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Microreticulatisporites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Triquitrites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Reticulatisporites
Lycopodiopsida · Lycopodiaceae
Lycospora
Lycopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Cirratriradites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Laevigatosporites
Polypodiopsida · Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites vulgaris
Polypodiopsida · Polypodiaceae
Punctatosporites
Polypodiopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Tuberculatosporites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Thymospora
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Florinites
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 127215 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Laredo Coal?

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 Laredo Coal?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.