4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway...
Tarrant County, Texas32.67056, −97.31194
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway...
4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway... is a fossil collection site in Tarrant, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pawpaw Formation, dated to the Late Albian (106.3–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Ctenochelidae, Callianassa cretacea, Linuparus, Necrocarcinus, Ophthalmoplax comancheensis, Actaea cretacea.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Pawpaw
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 7
Fossils found here
Ctenochelidae
Malacostraca · Ctenochelidae
Callianassa cretacea
Malacostraca · Callianassidae
Linuparus
Malacostraca · Palinuridae
Necrocarcinus
Malacostraca · Necrocarcinidae
Ophthalmoplax comancheensis
Malacostraca · Carcinidae
Actaea cretacea
Malacostraca · Xanthidae
Caloxanthus americanus
Malacostraca · Feldmanniidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 141174 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway...
Can you collect at 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway...?
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 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, 1/4 mi S of International Great Northern Railway...?
Fossil.
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