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Trout Creek Pass 1, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.91,-105.974 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Trout Creek Pass 1 | Arnold C. A. (1941) | 155 feet above the base of the Weber(?) formation | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic | ||
Trout Creek Pass 2 | Arnold C. A. (1941) | Maroon - Chubb Siltstone | the upper part of the Chubb Siltstone member of the Maroon | siltstone | 358.9 - 252.17 Ma Paleozoic |
Trout Creek Pass 3 | Arnold C. A. (1941) | Maroon - Pony Springs Siltstone | Unclear if still part of Maroon Fm | siltstone | 358.9 - 252.17 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Calamites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Calamites | 358.9 - 252.17 Ma Paleozoic |
Lepidodendron sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidodendron | 358.9 - 298.9 Ma Paleozoic |
Walchia sp. genus | Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Lycopodiaceae : Walchia | 358.9 - 252.17 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Arnold C. A. (1941) Some Paleozoic plants from Central Colorado and their stratigraphic significance, Contrib. Mus. Paleontol. University of Michigan 6, 59-70 |
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!