PRI 746 is a fossil collection site in Robertson, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cook Mountain Formation, dated to the Bartonian (41.03–37.71 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Asthenotoma, Turritella dutexata.

Geologic setting

Formation: Cook Mountain
Geologic interval: Bartonian
Age: 41.03–37.71 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 2

Locality notes

Site is about 6 miles Northwest of Wheelock. Lat and long for Wheelock, TX.

Fossils found here

Asthenotoma

Gastropoda · Borsoniidae

Turritella dutexata

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90817 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about PRI 746

Can you collect at PRI 746?

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 PRI 746?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 2.1 kg stony meteorite fell at Plantersville in 1930, 21 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.