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Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (cephalopod coquina, Carboniferous))

Murray County, Oklahoma
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (cephalopod coquina, Carboniferous))

Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (cephalopod coquina, Carboniferous)) is a fossil collection site in Murray, Oklahoma, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Boggy Formation, dated to the Desmoinesian (312.8–306 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Pseudorthoceras knoxense, Bitaunioceras buckhornense, Dolorthoceras, Sueroceras.

Geologic setting

Formation
Boggy
Geologic interval
Desmoinesian
Age
312.8–306 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences
10

Fossils found here

Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Cephalopoda · Pseudorthoceratidae
Bitaunioceras buckhornense
Cephalopoda · Spyroceratidae
Dolorthoceras
Cephalopoda · Pseudorthoceratidae
Sueroceras
Cephalopoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 209358 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (cephalopod coquina, Carboniferous))?

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 Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (cephalopod coquina, Carboniferous))?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 68 kg stony meteorite was found at Marlow in 1936, 12 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.