Locality 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Cooke County, Texas33.51667, −97.16666
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Locality 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Locality 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A is a fossil collection site in Cooke, 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 Haplostiche, Lenticulina, Patellina subcretacea, Gryphaea, Rastellum carinatum, Camptonectes virgatus.
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
Haplostiche
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Lenticulina
Nodosariata · Vaginulinidae
Patellina subcretacea
Tubothalamea · Patellinidae
Gryphaea
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Rastellum carinatum
Bivalvia · Arctostreidae
Camptonectes virgatus
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Plicatula
Bivalvia · Plicatulidae
Cythereis
Ostracoda · Trachyleberididae
Cytherella
Ostracoda · Cytherellidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 65730 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Locality 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Can you collect at Locality 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke 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 6, NE of Valley View, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A?
Fossil.
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