UCMP D-5551, Murry Summit is a fossil collection site in Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Loray Formation, dated to the Kungurian (283.3–274.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal. Documented finds include Schizodus, Bakevellia, Platyworthenia, Naticopsis, Meekospira, Spirorbis.

Geologic setting

Formation: Loray
Geologic interval: Kungurian
Age: 283.3–274.4 Ma
Depositional environment: lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Recorded occurrences: 6

Locality notes

Section 34, T. 16 N., R. 62 E. North side of Murry Summit, along Nevada Highway Rt. 6, at the north end of Ward Mountain, 10 kilometers (6 miles) SW of Ely, Nevada. Egan Range, White Pine County, Nevada.

Fossils found here

Schizodus

Bivalvia · Schizodidae

Bakevellia

Bivalvia · Bakevelliidae

Platyworthenia

Gastropoda · Lophospiridae

Naticopsis

Gastropoda · Naticopsidae

Meekospira

Gastropoda · Meekospiridae

Spirorbis

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Serpulidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 10423 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about UCMP D-5551, Murry Summit

Can you collect at UCMP D-5551, Murry Summit?

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 UCMP D-5551, Murry Summit?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.