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Quarter of a mile south of main entrance to Chippianock Graveyard, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 41.4817,-90.5817 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Illinois, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Rock Island County, Illinois, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Quarter of a mile south of main entrance to Chippianock Graveyard | Gilmore C. W. (1938) | "found in the loess" | siltstone | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Pituophis sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Pituophis | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Gilmore C. W. (1938) Fossil snakes of North America, Geological Society of America Special Paper 9, 1-96 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!