Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Tarrant County, Texas32.75000, −97.25000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A is a fossil collection site in Tarrant, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Denton Formation, dated to the Late Albian (106.3–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as open shallow subtidal. Documented finds include Anomalina, Dentalina, Nodosaria, Textularia, Tristix, Gryphaea.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Denton
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- open shallow subtidal
- Recorded occurrences
- 9
Geology notes
probably shallow neritic, normal marine salinity
Fossils found here
Anomalina
Globothalamea · Anomalinidae
Dentalina
Nodosariata · Nodosariidae
Nodosaria
Nodosariata · Nodosariidae
Textularia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Textulariidae
Tristix
Nodosariata · Nodosariidae
Gryphaea
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Cythereis
Ostracoda · Trachyleberididae
Cytherella
Ostracoda · Cytherellidae
Paracyprideis
Ostracoda · Cytherideidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 65701 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Can you collect at Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A?
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 Locality 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.