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Road cut just north of I-70, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.0005,-95.368 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Douglas County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Road cut just north of I-70 | Hansen M. C. (1980) | Shawnee - Lecompton - Beil Limestone | not reported | 303.7 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Megactenopetalus kaibabanus species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Petalodontiformes : Pristodontidae : Megactenopetalus : Megactenopetalus kaibabanus | 303.7 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Hansen M. C. (1980) New occurrences of the petalodontiform chondrichthyan Megactenopetalus in the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma and Kansas, Oklahoma Geology Notes 40, 185-189 |
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!