Little Creek is a fossil collection site in Dallas, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Austin Chalk, dated to the Coniacian to Campanian (89.8–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Protostegidae.

Geologic setting

Formation: Austin Chalk
Geologic interval: Coniacian to Campanian
Age: 89.8–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

"on Little Creek, 200 yards downstream from the Cockrell Hill Road bridge in southern Dallas County" (coordinate based on Little Creek)

Fossils found here

Protostegidae

Reptilia · Protostegidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90467 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Little Creek

Can you collect at Little Creek?

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 Little Creek?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 44.5 kg iron meteorite was found at Saginaw in 1979, 30 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.