Dromicosuchus Quarry is a fossil collection site in Durham, North Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial indet and the tectonic setting is rift. Documented finds include Dromicosuchus grallator, Postosuchus alisonae, Stegomus, Plinthogomphodon herpetairus, Dicynodontia, Temnospondyli.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Carnian to Norian
Age: 237–205.7 Ma
Depositional environment: fluvial indet.
Tectonic setting: rift
Recorded occurrences: 7

Geology notes

"adjacent to a channel deposit"

Locality notes

"south-central region of the Durham sub-basin of the Deep River basin". Coordinates from Sues et al. (2003); Sues et al. (1999) gave the coordinates as 35 52 09 N, 78 53 67 W. \r\n

Fossils found here

Dromicosuchus grallator

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Postosuchus alisonae

Reptilia · Rauisuchidae

Stegomus

Reptilia · Stagonolepididae

Plinthogomphodon herpetairus

Osteichthyes · Traversodontidae

Dicynodontia

Osteichthyes

Temnospondyli

Amphibia

Crocodylomorpha

Reptilia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 32343 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Dromicosuchus Quarry

Can you collect at Dromicosuchus Quarry?

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 Dromicosuchus Quarry?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.