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Mexico, Coahuila

Coahuila Fossil/Coal Zone (Sabinas Basin)

Fossil site Source-confirmed findsPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: bivalves (study/permit only).

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Cretaceous coal-bearing strata

Sabinas Basin Cretaceous strata contain plant/marine fossils; broad locality.View source →

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