Utah Baculite Identification
Baculite is a realistic Utah fossil profile built around straight-shelled ammonite common in western seaway chalk and shale. In this state, success usually comes from learning Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Key Traits
- ●straight chambered shell
- ●ribbed exterior
- ●suture lines
- ●Check Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones
Era
Late Cretaceous
Type
cephalopod
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