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Maquoketa Group, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.5,-90 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Illinois, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | St. Clair County, Illinois, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Maquoketa Group, Fort Atkinson Fm, southern Illinois | Elias R. J. (1983) | Maquoketa - Fort Atkinson | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bighornia sp. genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Bighornia | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Elias R. J. (1983) Late Ordovician solitary rugose corals of the Stony Mountain Formation, southern Manitoba, and its equivalents, Journal of Paleontology 57 5, 924-956 |
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!