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Locality 35, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.1,-87.8 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Kentucky, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 35, Fraileys Shale, Caldwell Co., KY | Rodriguez J. (1960) | Fraileys Shale | the Fraileys Shale of Kentucky and Illinois is equivalent to the middle Golconda of Indiana [JA: originally entered as "Middle Chester"; the Fraileys Shale is more specifically Pendleian] | "shale" | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Kaskia sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Kaskia | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Pterotocrinus sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pterotocrinus | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Rodriguez J. (1960) Invertebrate Fauna of the Golconda Formation (Middle Chester) of Indiana, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Indiana University, 1-259 |
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!