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"Blue Hill area", Mitchell County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.3394,-98.4703 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Mitchell County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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"Blue Hill area", Tipton | Everhart M. J. (2009) | Colorado - Carlile Shale - Blue Hill Shale | Lower concretion zone of the Blue Hill Shale | "shale" | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plesiosauria unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Plesiosauria | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Everhart M. J. (2009) Probable plesiosaur remains from the Blue Hill Shale (Carlile Formation; Middle Turonian) of north central Kansas, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 3/4, 215-221 |
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!