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H76-75-11

Brazos County, Texas
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

0.7 miMGS 15Fossil5 miCynthia PitFossil7 miNorth bank of Town Creek under the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio railroad bridgeFossil

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About H76-75-11

H76-75-11 is a fossil collection site in Brazos, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Yazoo Clay, dated to the Bartonian (41.03–37.71 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Acteon annectens, Barbatia corvamnis, Cadulus, Capulus americanus, Corbula, Coronia nodulina.

Geologic setting

Formation
Yazoo Clay
Geologic interval
Bartonian
Age
41.03–37.71 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
25

Fossils found here

Acteon annectens
Gastropoda · Acteonidae
Barbatia corvamnis
Bivalvia · Arcidae
Cadulus
Scaphopoda · Gadilidae
Capulus americanus
Gastropoda · Capulidae
Corbula
Bivalvia · Corbulidae
Coronia nodulina
Gastropoda · Turridae
Eoclathurella obesula
Gastropoda · Clathurellidae
Eulima
Gastropoda · Eulimidae
Hipponix
Gastropoda · Hipponicidae
Limopsis radiata
Bivalvia · Limopsidae
Microdrillia
Gastropoda · Borsoniidae
Nuculana
Bivalvia · Nuculanidae
Pseudoliva
Gastropoda · Buccinidae
Pyramidella
Gastropoda · Pyramidellidae
Pyramimitra terebraeformis
Gastropoda · Costellariidae
Scaphander jacksonensis
Gastropoda · Cylichnidae
Scobinella louisianae
Gastropoda · Turridae
Sinistrella americana
Gastropoda · Turridae
Sinum
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Solariorbis subangulatus
Gastropoda · Skeneidae
Teinostoma moodiense
Gastropoda · Tornidae
Tornus infraplicatus
Gastropoda · Tornidae
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Turricula plutonica
Gastropoda · Clavatulidae
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia)
Bivalvia · Carditidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 205476 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at H76-75-11?

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 H76-75-11?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.