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Abandoned Quarry , Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.7342,-92.8739 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Iowa, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Appanoose County, Iowa, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Abandoned Quarry (Lost Branch Fm., Appanoose Co., IA) | Malinky J. M., Heckel P. H. (1998) | Lost Branch | JA: all of the Desmoinesian collections in this paper are late Desmoinesian, see title of Swade 1985 in refs | "shale" | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Brachiopoda phylum | Animalia : Brachiopoda | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Crurithyris sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Mesolobus sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Mesolobus | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Rhombopora sp. genus | Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Rhabdomesidae : Rhombopora | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Vertebrata subphylum | Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
Crinoidea class | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea | 313.8 - 305.9 Ma Carboniferous |
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!