USGS 13834 is a fossil collection site in Collin, 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 Anomia, Baculites claviformis, Brevicardium, Granocardium, Caestocorbula crassiplica, Exogyra.

Geologic setting

Formation: Neylandville Marl
Geologic interval: Maastrichtian
Age: 72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 16

Fossils found here

Anomia

Bivalvia · Anomiidae

Baculites claviformis

Cephalopoda · Baculitidae

Brevicardium

Bivalvia · Cardiidae

Granocardium

Bivalvia · Cardiidae

Caestocorbula crassiplica

Bivalvia · Corbulidae

Exogyra

Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae

Gyrodes

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Helicoceras

Cephalopoda · Nostoceratidae

Inoceramus

Bivalvia · Inoceramidae

Glossus

Bivalvia · Glossidae

Nemodon

Bivalvia · Parallelodontidae

Placenticeras

Cephalopoda · Placenticeratidae

Turrilites

Cephalopoda · Turrilitidae

Veniella conradi

Bivalvia · Arcticidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 7531 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS 13834

Can you collect at USGS 13834?

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 13834?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.