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USGS 04064

Delta County, Texas
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

14 miRoxton LocalityFossil17 miUSGS 05322Fossil29 miTxBureau 00739Fossil

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About USGS 04064

USGS 04064 is a fossil collection site in Delta, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Neylandville Marl, dated to the Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Anaklinoceras reflexum, Anomia argentaria, Anomia, Axonoceras, Baculites claviformis, Capulus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Neylandville Marl
Geologic interval
Maastrichtian
Age
72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
28

Fossils found here

Anaklinoceras reflexum
Cephalopoda · Nostoceratidae
Anomia argentaria
Bivalvia · Anomiidae
Anomia
Bivalvia · Anomiidae
Axonoceras
Cephalopoda · Nostoceratidae
Baculites claviformis
Cephalopoda · Baculitidae
Capulus
Gastropoda · Capulidae
Granocardium
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Cardium
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Caestocorbula crassiplica
Bivalvia · Corbulidae
Corbula
Bivalvia · Corbulidae
Cymbophora
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Cyprimeria
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Exogyra
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Inoceramus
Bivalvia · Inoceramidae
Legumen ellipticum
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Morea
Gastropoda · Pholidotomidae
Nemodon
Bivalvia · Parallelodontidae
Nostoceras
Cephalopoda · Nostoceratidae
Pseudoperna
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Agerostrea falcata
Bivalvia · Flemingostreidae
Acutostrea plumosa
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Placenticeras
Cephalopoda · Placenticeratidae
Sargana stantoni
Gastropoda · Muricidae
Solyma
Bivalvia · Tellinidae
Trigonia
Bivalvia · Trigoniidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 7483 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at USGS 04064?

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 USGS 04064?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 15 kg iron meteorite was found at Deport in 1926, 24 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.