CM-1-6 is a fossil collection site in Falls, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Corsicana Formation, dated to the Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Nuculana.

Geologic setting

Formation: Corsicana
Geologic interval: Maastrichtian
Age: 72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment: shallow subtidal indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Fossils found here

Nuculana

Bivalvia · Nuculanidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 205546 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at CM-1-6?

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 CM-1-6?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.