Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth
Fort Worth County, Texas32.74583, −97.28333
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth
Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth is a fossil collection site in Fort Worth, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Weno/Pawpaw Formation, dated to the Late Albian (106.3–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore shelf. Documented finds include Fomalhautia hortensae, Denebia americana, Etyxanthosia reidi.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Weno/Pawpaw
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore shelf
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
Locality notes
Tandy Hill Park, Fort Worth
Fossils found here
Fomalhautia hortensae
Asteroidea · Goniasteridae
Denebia americana
Asteroidea · Ophidiasteridae
Etyxanthosia reidi
Malacostraca · Etyidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 59874 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth
Can you collect at Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth?
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 Asteroidea, Reid locality 5b, Beach Street, Weno or Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.