Almont
Morton County, North Dakota46.91200, −101.44500
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Almont
Almont is a fossil collection site in Morton, North Dakota, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Fort Union Formation, dated to the Clarkforkian (57.5–56 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as lacustrine indet. Documented finds include Joffrichthys triangulpterus, Ginkgo adiantoides, Parataxodium, Canticocculus, Nordenskioldia borealis, Nyssidium.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Fort Union
- Geologic interval
- Clarkforkian
- Age
- 57.5–56 Ma
- Depositional environment
- lacustrine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 55
Locality notes
IU locality 15722\r\nSE 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 23, T140N, R86W
Fossils found here
Joffrichthys triangulpterus
Osteichthyes · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Ginkgo adiantoides
Ginkgoopsida · Ginkgoaceae
Parataxodium
Pinopsida · Taxodiaceae
Canticocculus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Menispermaceae
Nordenskioldia borealis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Trochodendraceae
Nyssidium
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cornaceae
Platanaceae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Platanaceae
Palaeocarpinus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Betulaceae
Cyclocarya
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Juglandaceae
Psidium
Dicotyledoneae · Myrtaceae
Cornus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cornaceae
Palaeophytocrene
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Icacinaceae
Monocotyledoneae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED
Porosia verrucosa
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Araceae
Viburnum antiquum
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Caprifoliaceae
Averrhoites affinis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Oxalidaceae
Urodela
Amphibia
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 21372 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Almont
Can you collect at Almont?
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 Almont?
Fossil.
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