Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City
Otoe County, Nebraska40.66667, −95.85000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City
Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City is a fossil collection site in Otoe, Nebraska, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pillsbury Shale, dated to the Virgilian (303.7–298.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Ananias marcouiana, Orthonema nebrascense, Wellergyi subdecussatus, Royalella swallowiana, Euphemites vittatus, Ambozone haydeniana.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Pillsbury Shale
- Geologic interval
- Virgilian
- Age
- 303.7–298.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 16
Fossils found here
Ananias marcouiana
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Orthonema nebrascense
Gastropoda · Orthonematidae
Wellergyi subdecussatus
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Royalella swallowiana
Gastropoda · Donaldinidae
Euphemites vittatus
Gastropoda · Euphemitidae
Ambozone haydeniana
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Orthonema subtaeniatum
Gastropoda · Orthonematidae
Retispira marcouianus
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Ianthinopsis
Gastropoda · Soleniscidae
Cymatospira montfortianus
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Hypselentoma perhumerosa
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Hypselentoma inornata
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Amphiscapha muricata
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Minodentalium meekianum
Scaphopoda · Dentaliidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 157668 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City
Can you collect at Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City?
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 Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City?
Fossil.
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