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Kansas Smoky Hill Chalk (Niobrara, private ranches)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Mosasaurs, Xiphactinus fish, pteranodon, Pteranodon, Inoceramus in Niobrara Chalk.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous

Legendary marine reptiles. Arrange ranch permission; report significant verts.

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