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USGS locality D 301, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.5167,-105.067 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Larimer County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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USGS locality D 301 | Bishop G. A. (1985) | Montana - Pierre Shale - Larimer Sandstone | "latest Campanian or earliest Maastrichtian" based on zonal assignment (actually very late Campanian: see McArthur et al. 2007) | "siliciclastic" | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eomunidopsis cobbani species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Galatheidae : Eomunidopsis : Eomunidopsis cobbani | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Bishop G. A. (1985) A new crab, Eomunidopsis cobbani n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the Pierre Shale (Early Maastrichtian) of Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 59 3, 601-604 |
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!