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South of Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 41.0667,-86.2167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Indiana, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Fulton County, Indiana, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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South of Rochester | Richards R. L., Turnbull W. D. (1995) | there is a "radiocarbon date of 11,500 +/- 520 B.P... on Arctodus bone apatite" | claystone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Arctodus simus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Arctodus : Arctodus simus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Richards R. L., Turnbull W. D. (1995) Giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus yukonensis) remains from Fulton County, northern Indiana, Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 30, 1-34 |
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!