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UM FB-18

Lincoln County, Wyoming
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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.

Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About UM FB-18

UM FB-18 is a fossil collection site in Lincoln, Wyoming, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Wasatch Formation, dated to the Wasatchian (56–51.1 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial indet. Documented finds include Coryphodon, Microsyops latidens, Hyopsodus minor, Haplomylus scottianus, Paramys excavatus, Hyaenodontidae.

Geologic setting

Formation
Wasatch
Geologic interval
Wasatchian
Age
56–51.1 Ma
Depositional environment
fluvial indet.
Recorded occurrences
7

Fossils found here

Coryphodon
Mammalia · Coryphodontidae
Microsyops latidens
Mammalia · Microsyopidae
Hyopsodus minor
Mammalia · Hyopsodontidae
Haplomylus scottianus
Mammalia · Apheliscidae
Paramys excavatus
Mammalia · Ischyromyidae
Hyaenodontidae
Mammalia · Hyaenodontidae
Protorohippus venticolum
Mammalia · Equidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 186945 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at UM FB-18?

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 UM FB-18?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.