Station 22a is a fossil collection site in Hunt, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Kincaid Formation, dated to the Danian (66–61.66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marginal marine indet. Documented finds include Brachycythere foraminosa, Cytheridea fornicata, Loxoconcha nuda, Argilloecia subcylindrica.

Geologic setting

Formation: Kincaid
Geologic interval: Danian
Age: 66–61.66 Ma
Depositional environment: marginal marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 4

Locality notes

Shallow gully in a field 200 feet north of the Lone Oak - Greenville highway, about 3 miles northwest of Lone Oak, Hunt County, TX.

Fossils found here

Brachycythere foraminosa

Ostracoda · Trachyleberididae

Cytheridea fornicata

Ostracoda · Cytherideidae

Loxoconcha nuda

Ostracoda · Loxoconchidae

Argilloecia subcylindrica

Ostracoda · Pontocyprididae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 191232 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Station 22a

Can you collect at Station 22a?

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 Station 22a?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.