Bisti, Alamo Mesa (UA) is a fossil collection site in San Juan, New Mexico, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Ceratopsia.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Late Cretaceous
Age: 100.5–66 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Altitude: 1821 meters
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

NW 1/4, NW 1/4, sec 5, T23N, R12W; alond S side of Alamo Mesa

Fossils found here

Ceratopsia

Ornithischia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 51910 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Bisti, Alamo Mesa (UA)

Can you collect at Bisti, Alamo Mesa (UA)?

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 Bisti, Alamo Mesa (UA)?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.