Love Quarry is a fossil collection site in Teton, Wyoming, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Neoplagiaulax mckennai, Ptilodus fractus, Ectypodus powelli, Multituberculata, Adunator ladae, Leptacodon.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Tiffanian
Age: 60.9–57.5 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 30

Locality notes

Togwotee Pass, Wind River Basin

Fossils found here

Neoplagiaulax mckennai

Mammalia · Neoplagiaulacidae

Ptilodus fractus

Mammalia · Ptilodontidae

Ectypodus powelli

Mammalia · Neoplagiaulacidae

Multituberculata

Mammalia

Adunator ladae

Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Leptacodon

Mammalia · Nyctitheriidae

Litocherus notissimus

Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Elpidophorus elegans

Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Mixodectes

Mammalia · Mixodectidae

Prodiacodon

Mammalia · Leptictidae

Bessoecetor septentrionalis

Mammalia · Pantolestidae

Zanycteris paleocenus

Mammalia · Picrodontidae

Paromomys depressidens

Mammalia · Paromomyidae

Ignacius frugivorus

Mammalia · Paromomyidae

Carpolestinae

Mammalia · Carpolestidae

Plesiadapis rex

Mammalia · Plesiadapidae

Didymictis

Mammalia · Viverravidae

Thryptacodon antiquus

Mammalia · Arctocyonidae

Tricentes subtrigonus

Mammalia · Arctocyonidae

Phenacodus matthewi

Mammalia · Phenacodontidae

Copecion brachypternus

Mammalia · Phenacodontidae

Ectocion cedrus

Mammalia · Phenacodontidae

Protoselene opisthacus

Mammalia · Hyopsodontidae

Promioclaenus acolytus

Mammalia · Hyopsodontidae

Litomylus

Mammalia · Apheliscidae

Testudinata

Reptilia

Lacertilia

Reptilia

Crocodylia

Reptilia

Amphibia

Osteichthyes

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 15034 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Love Quarry

Can you collect at Love Quarry?

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 Love Quarry?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.