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Blue Hilll Shale Member , Ellis County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.8733,-99.3264 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ellis County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Blue Hilll Shale Member (Kansas) fauna | Feldman R. M., Maxey M. (1980) | Carlile Shale - Blue Hill Shale | Blue Hill Shale Member of the Carlile Shale. "The Blue Hill Shale Member has been assigned a late middle Turonian age based on the occurrence of the ammonite Collignoniceras hyatti." | "shale" | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Linuparus canadensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Palinuridae : Linuparus : Linuparus canadensis | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Raninella carlilensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Domeciidae : Raninella : Raninella carlilensis | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Feldman R. M., Maxey M. (1980) Raninella carlilensis, a new raninid crab from the Carlile Shale (Turonian) of Kansas, Journal of Paleontology 54 4, 858-861 |
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!