Front Royal is a fossil collection site in Warren, Virginia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Carcharias macrotus, Otodus obliquus.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Eocene
Age: 56–33.9 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 2

Fossils found here

Carcharias macrotus

Chondrichthyes · Carchariidae

Otodus obliquus

Chondrichthyes · Otodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 84054 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Front Royal

Can you collect at Front Royal?

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 Front Royal?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.