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Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ)

Carbon County, Montana
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Next site in MontanaEagle Formation VB9617 · 3 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ)

Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ) is a fossil collection site in Carbon, Montana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Lance Formation, dated to the Late Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Gastropoda, Lepisosteus, Theropoda, Hadrosaurinae, Ceratopsia, Crocodylia.

Geologic setting

Formation
Lance
Geologic interval
Late Maastrichtian
Age
72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
11
Locality notes

along Little Cottonwood Draw

Fossils found here

Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Lepisosteus
Osteichthyes · Lepisosteidae
Theropoda
Reptilia
Hadrosaurinae
Ornithischia · Hadrosauridae
Ceratopsia
Ornithischia
Crocodylia
Reptilia
Testudines
Reptilia
Alphadon
Mammalia · Alphadontidae
Meniscoessus robustus
Mammalia · Cimolomyidae
Gypsonictops
Mammalia · Gypsonictopidae
Mammalia
Mammalia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 55326 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ)

Can you collect at Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ)?

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 Shield Wolf Quarry (SWQ)?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.