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Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer

Carter County, Oklahoma
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer

Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer is a fossil collection site in Carter, Oklahoma, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Viola Springs Formation, dated to the Chatfieldian (453.8–451 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore indet. Documented finds include Cryptolithoides ulrichi, Pugilator deckeri, Hypodicranotus, Trinodus, Asaphidae, Cryptograptus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Viola Springs
Geologic interval
Chatfieldian
Age
453.8–451 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore indet.
Recorded occurrences
11
Locality notes

centre of the E ½ sec. 25, T. 2 S., R. 1 E., Carter Co.,

Fossils found here

Cryptolithoides ulrichi
Trilobita · Trinucleidae
Pugilator deckeri
Trilobita · Remopleurididae
Hypodicranotus
Trilobita · Remopleurididae
Trinodus
Artiopoda · Metagnostidae
Asaphidae
Trilobita · Asaphidae
Cryptograptus
Pterobranchia · Glossograptidae
Dicranograptus
Pterobranchia · Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus
Pterobranchia · Dicranograptidae
Orthograptus
Pterobranchia · Diplograptidae
Climacograptus typicalis
Pterobranchia · Climacograptidae
Orthoretiolites hami
Pterobranchia · Lasiograptidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 197140 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer

Can you collect at Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer?

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 Road cut on U. S. Highway 77, 2.5 miles north of Springer?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 8.1 kg stony meteorite was found at Springer in 1965, 3 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.