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Rhome

Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
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Next site in OklahomaOMNH V619 · 16 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

16 miOMNH V619Fossil19 miOMNH V617Fossil20 miOMNH V620Fossil

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About Rhome

Rhome is a fossil collection site in Roger Mills, Oklahoma, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Ogallala Formation, dated to the Clarendonian to Pliocene (12.5–2.58 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Merychippus coloradense, Neohipparion.

Geologic setting

Formation
Ogallala
Geologic interval
Clarendonian to Pliocene
Age
12.5–2.58 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

"This locality is in the vicinity of Rhome (also spelled Rome), formerly a town 8 miles East of Roll."

Fossils found here

Merychippus coloradense
Mammalia · Equidae
Neohipparion
Mammalia · Equidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 170194 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Rhome?

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 Rhome?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 51.5 kg stony meteorite fell at Leedey in 1943, 15 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.