Near Upton
Weston County, Wyoming44.09000, −104.67500
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Near Upton
Near Upton is a fossil collection site in Weston, Wyoming, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Carlile Shale, dated to the Middle Turonian (93.9–89.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shoreface. Documented finds include Polyacrodus illingworthi, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus whipplei, Cantioscyllium decipiens, Chiloscyllium greeni.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Carlile Shale
- Geologic interval
- Middle Turonian
- Age
- 93.9–89.8 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shoreface
- Recorded occurrences
- 17
Fossils found here
Polyacrodus illingworthi
Chondrichthyes · Polyacrodontidae
Ptychodus anonymus
Chondrichthyes · Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus polygyrus
Chondrichthyes · Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus whipplei
Chondrichthyes · Ptychodontidae
Cantioscyllium decipiens
Chondrichthyes · Ginglymostomatidae
Chiloscyllium greeni
Chondrichthyes · Hemiscylliidae
Squalicorax falcatus
Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae
Squalicorax
Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae
Cretodus crassidens
Chondrichthyes · Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes · Otodontidae
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
Chondrichthyes · Mitsukurinidae
Johnlongia parvidens
Chondrichthyes · Odontaspididae
Rhinobatos incertus
Chondrichthyes · Rhinobatidae
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi
Chondrichthyes · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Ischyrhiza schneideri
Chondrichthyes · Sclerorhynchidae
Ptychotrygon triangularis
Chondrichthyes · Ptychotrygonidae
Sclerorhynchus
Chondrichthyes · Sclerorhynchidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 241390 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Can you collect at Near Upton?
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 Near Upton?
Fossil.
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