Dan River is a fossil collection site in Chatham, North Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cumnock Formation, dated to the Norian (227.3–205.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Phytosauria, Pariostegus myops.

Geologic setting

Formation: Cumnock
Geologic interval: Norian
Age: 227.3–205.7 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 2

Locality notes

Dan River region

Fossils found here

Phytosauria

Reptilia

Pariostegus myops

Osteichthyes · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 79951 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Dan River?

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 Dan River?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.