Wytheville is a fossil collection site in Virginia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Beekmantown Formation, dated to the Cassinian (483.4–471.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Ceratopea keithi.

Geologic setting

Formation: Beekmantown
Geologic interval: Cassinian
Age: 483.4–471.3 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Fossils found here

Ceratopea keithi

Gastropoda · Raphistomatidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 184503 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Wytheville?

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 Wytheville?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.