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Fossil Hill / Cedar Butte Pierre Shale (SD)

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: Baculites, Inoceramus in Pierre Shale badlands.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous

Baculites and ammonites; watch land status carefully.

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