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USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation

Nemaha County, Nebraska
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation

USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation is a fossil collection site in Nemaha, Nebraska, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Wood Siding Formation, dated to the Noginskian (276.8–264.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Neospirifer, Crurithyris expansa, Derbyia crassa, Neochonetes granulifer, Aviculopinna.

Geologic setting

Formation
Wood Siding
Geologic interval
Noginskian
Age
276.8–264.9 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
5
Locality notes

Center N1/2 sec. 20, T. 4N, R. 16E; Coordinates based on TRS converstion.

Fossils found here

Neospirifer
Rhynchonellata · Trigonotretidae
Crurithyris expansa
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Derbyia crassa
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Aviculopinna
Bivalvia · Pinnidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11634 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation

Can you collect at USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation?

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 USGS Loc. 14929, Nebraska City LS member, Wood Siding formation?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 2 kg stony-iron meteorite was found at Milton in 2000, 14 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.