Locality 7, north of Gainesville, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Cooke County, Texas33.71667, −97.16666
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Locality 7, north of Gainesville, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Locality 7, north of Gainesville, 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, Placopsilina, Reophax, Micrabacia, Gryphaea.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Denton
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- open shallow subtidal
- Recorded occurrences
- 17
Geology notes
probably shallow neritic, normal marine salinity
Fossils found here
Haplostiche
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Lenticulina
Nodosariata · Vaginulinidae
Placopsilina
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Haplophragmoiidae
Reophax
Nodosariata · Reophacidae
Micrabacia
Anthozoa · Micrabaciidae
Gryphaea
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Peilinia quadriplicata
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Plicatula
Bivalvia · Plicatulidae
Protocardia
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Praescabrotrigonia clavigera
Bivalvia · Pterotrigoniidae
Cythere concentrica
Ostracoda · Cytheridae
Cythereis
Ostracoda · Trachyleberididae
Cytherella
Ostracoda · Cytherellidae
Cytheropteron
Ostracoda · Cytheruridae
Paracypris
Ostracoda · Paracypridinae
Holothuroidea
Holothuroidea
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 65736 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Locality 7, north of Gainesville, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A
Can you collect at Locality 7, north of Gainesville, 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 7, north of Gainesville, Cooke County, Denton Biostrome, Biofacies A?
Fossil.
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