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Noble

US / OK
35.14167, -97.35833View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Noble is a fossil collection site in Cleveland, Oklahoma, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Hennessey Formation, dated to the Kungurian (283.3–274.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Captorhinikos chozaensis.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Hennessey
Geologic interval
Kungurian
Age
283.3–274.4 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

"the southern half of section 24, T. 8 N., R. 2 W., Cleveland County, Oklahoma"; this is about 1 Mile E of Noble, Cleveland Co., OK

Fossils found here

Captorhinikos chozaensis
Reptilia · Captorhinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 87092 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 35.14167, -97.35833

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