KJ0228 (DMNH 2703)
Harding County, South Dakota45.58805, −103.75000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About KJ0228 (DMNH 2703)
KJ0228 (DMNH 2703) is a fossil collection site in Harding, South Dakota, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Hell Creek Formation, dated to the Lancian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as wet floodplain and the tectonic setting is cratonic basin. Documented finds include Quereuxia angulata, Glyptostrobus europaeus, Cupressinocladus interruptus, Proteales, Dicotyledoneae, Dryophyllum subfalcatum.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Hell Creek
- Geologic interval
- Lancian
- Age
- 72.2–66 Ma
- Depositional environment
- wet floodplain
- Tectonic setting
- cratonic basin
- Recorded occurrences
- 46
Locality notes
Pine Spring
Fossils found here
Quereuxia angulata
Magnoliopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Glyptostrobus europaeus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cupressaceae
Cupressinocladus interruptus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Proteales
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED
Dicotyledoneae
Dicotyledoneae
Dryophyllum subfalcatum
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Nothofagaceae
Taxodiaceae
Pinopsida · Taxodiaceae
Taxodium
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cupressaceae
Trochodendrales
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED
Pistia corrugata
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Araceae
Platanaceae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Platanaceae
Trochodendroides
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cercidiphyllaceae
Pteridopsida
Pteridopsida
Artocarpus lessigiana
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Moraceae
Laurales
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED
Coniferales
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED
Plantae
Sapindaceae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Sapindaceae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 31955 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about KJ0228 (DMNH 2703)
Can you collect at KJ0228 (DMNH 2703)?
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 KJ0228 (DMNH 2703)?
Fossil.
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