Egg Gulch, MOR TM-008 is a fossil collection site in Teton, Montana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Two Medicine Formation, dated to the Late Campanian (83.6–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as floodplain. Documented finds include Lambeosaurinae, Spheroolithus albertensis, Daspletosaurus horneri, Carnosauria, Anura.

Geologic setting

Formation: Two Medicine
Geologic interval: Late Campanian
Age: 83.6–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment: "floodplain"
Altitude: 3820 feet
Recorded occurrences: 5

Geology notes

see lithology description

Locality notes

coordinates are for nearby Egg Mountain, near Choteau, Montana. "This area is the traditional home of the Niitsítpiis- stahkoii (=Blackfoot/Niitsitapi ), Ktunaxa ?amak?is, and Salish Kootenai (Flathead) peoples."

Fossils found here

Lambeosaurinae

Ornithischia · Hadrosauridae

Spheroolithus albertensis

Ornithischia · Spheroolithidae

Daspletosaurus horneri

Reptilia · Tyrannosauridae

Carnosauria

Reptilia

Anura

Amphibia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 13282 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Egg Gulch, MOR TM-008

Can you collect at Egg Gulch, MOR TM-008?

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 Egg Gulch, MOR TM-008?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.