Woodbine 200 is a fossil collection site in Lamar County, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Woodbine Formation, dated to the Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet and the tectonic setting is passive margin. Documented finds include Acila (Truncacila), Anomia, Callistina, Cyprimeria, Dentalium, Lispodesthes.

Geologic setting

Formation: Woodbine
Geologic interval: Cenomanian
Age: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Tectonic setting: passive margin
Recorded occurrences: 8

Locality notes

Stephenson 1952 #200, USGS 7503. A 14 foot dug well near a cotton gin in valley at the south edge of Chicota; lat/long based on Chicota, TX

Fossils found here

Acila (Truncacila)

Bivalvia · Nuculidae

Anomia

Bivalvia · Anomiidae

Callistina

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Cyprimeria

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Dentalium

Scaphopoda · Dentaliidae

Lispodesthes

Gastropoda · Aporrhaidae

Pholadomya

Bivalvia · Pholadomyidae

Yoldia

Bivalvia · Yoldiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 6639 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Woodbine 200

Can you collect at Woodbine 200?

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 Woodbine 200?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.