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TTU VPL 3870

Garza County, Texas
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Next site in TexasNorth of Dockum · 44 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About TTU VPL 3870

TTU VPL 3870 is a fossil collection site in Garza, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cooper Canyon Formation, dated to the Norian (227.3–205.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as channel. Documented finds include Machaeroprosopus lottorum, Palaeonisciformes, Temnospondyli, Postosuchus, Shuvosaurus, Theropoda.

Geologic setting

Formation
Cooper Canyon
Geologic interval
Norian
Age
227.3–205.7 Ma
Depositional environment
"channel"
Recorded occurrences
12
Locality notes

"TTU Vertebrate Paleontology Locality 3870 (exact locality data reposited at TTUP), 13 km South of Post, Garza County, Texas." (Hungerbühler et al. 2013)

Fossils found here

Machaeroprosopus lottorum
Reptilia · Parasuchidae
Palaeonisciformes
Actinopterygii
Temnospondyli
Amphibia
Postosuchus
Reptilia · Rauisuchidae
Shuvosaurus
Reptilia · Shuvosauridae
Theropoda
Reptilia
Actinopterygii
Osteichthyes
Metoposauridae
Amphibia · Metoposauridae
Machaeroprosopus
Reptilia · Parasuchidae
Typothorax coccinarum
Reptilia · Stagonolepididae
Phytosauria
Reptilia
Ornithischia
Ornithischia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 196537 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at TTU VPL 3870?

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 TTU VPL 3870?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 8 kg stony meteorite was found at O'Donnell (b) in 2018, 25 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.