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MacFarlane Mine , Iron County, Utah, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.6325,-112.943 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Utah, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Iron County, Utah, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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MacFarlane Mine (UMNH VP Loc. 2141) | Joyce W. G., Lyson T. R., et al (2016) | Naturita - Culver Coal Zone | Based on the molluscs the specimens are "interpreted as originating from a brackish water facies at the top of the Culver Coal Zone of the Naturita Formation ...in the Maple Canyon Marl Zone " | "shale" | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Algorachelus tibert species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Algorachelus : Algorachelus tibert | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Admetopsis sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Admetopsis | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Cassiope sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cassiopidae : Cassiope | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Joyce W. G., Lyson T. R., et al (2016) An early bothremydid (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Utah, North America, PeerJ 4 e2502, 1-22 doi:10.7717/peerj.2502 |
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!