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Crystal Ball Cave, Millard County, Utah, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.4833,-114.033 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
| Given Location | Utah, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Millard County, Utah, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Ball Cave | Heaton T. H. (1985) | "Radiocarbon dates show that the fossils have been accumulating since at least 23,000 Y.B.P." and continues to the present although "many elements of the present local fauna are... poorly represented"; the stated minimum is based on one sample with no detectable C-14, but there are three dates on large mammals and the oldest is "18,820 + 1510 - 1270 years B.P"\n"fossiliferous sediments are unstratified and never more than 0.5 m (1.5 feet) thick" | siltstone | 0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!
