Mount Everts is a fossil collection site in Wyoming, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Laramie Formation, dated to the Late Maastrichtian (72.2–66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Sequoia reichenbachi, Phragmites falcata, Morella bolanderi, Quercus ellisiana, Malapoenna weediana, Dombeyopsis platanoides.

Geologic setting

Formation: Laramie
Geologic interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age: 72.2–66 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 8

Fossils found here

Sequoia reichenbachi

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cupressaceae

Phragmites falcata

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Poaceae

Morella bolanderi

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Myricaceae

Quercus ellisiana

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Fagaceae

Malapoenna weediana

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Lauraceae

Dombeyopsis platanoides

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Andromeda grayana

Dicotyledoneae · Ericaceae

Fraxinus denticulata

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Oleaceae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 35576 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Mount Everts?

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 Mount Everts?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.