Roanoke (ROK)
Denton County, Texas33.02500, −97.22000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Roanoke (ROK)
Roanoke (ROK) is a fossil collection site in Denton, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Paw Paw Formation, dated to the Late Albian (106.3–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Squalicorax pawpawensis, Cretodus semiplicatus, Cretalamna appendiculata, Leptostyrax macrorhiza, Paraisurus macrorhizus, Protolamna roanokeensis.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Paw Paw
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 6
Fossils found here
Squalicorax pawpawensis
Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae
Cretodus semiplicatus
Chondrichthyes · Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes · Otodontidae
Leptostyrax macrorhiza
Chondrichthyes · Eoptolamnidae
Paraisurus macrorhizus
Chondrichthyes · Paraisuridae
Protolamna roanokeensis
Chondrichthyes · Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 213307 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Roanoke (ROK)
Can you collect at Roanoke (ROK)?
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 Roanoke (ROK)?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.