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MP-180

Wyoming
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About MP-180

MP-180 is a fossil collection site in Wyoming, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Willwood Formation, dated to the Wasatchian (56–51.1 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial-lacustrine indet and the tectonic setting is intermontane basin. Documented finds include Anacodon ursidens, Cantius abditus, Crocodylia, Diacodexis metsiacus, Bunophorus robustus, Didymictis protenus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Willwood
Geologic interval
Wasatchian
Age
56–51.1 Ma
Depositional environment
fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Tectonic setting
intermontane basin
Recorded occurrences
14
Locality notes

Quad = Gilmore Hill, Township = 52N, Range = 99W, Section = 1

Fossils found here

Anacodon ursidens
Mammalia · Arctocyonidae
Cantius abditus
Mammalia · Notharctidae
Crocodylia
Reptilia
Diacodexis metsiacus
Mammalia · Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus robustus
Mammalia · Diacodexeidae
Didymictis protenus
Mammalia · Viverravidae
Esthonyx bisulcatus
Mammalia · Esthonychidae
Homogalax protapirinus
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Hyopsodus simplex
Mammalia · Hyopsodontidae
Bunophorus etsagicus
Mammalia · Diacodexeidae
Arenahippus pernix
Mammalia · Equidae
Miacis petilus
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Microsyops cardiorestes
Mammalia · Microsyopidae
Phenacodus vortmani
Mammalia · Phenacodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 46754 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at MP-180?

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 MP-180?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.