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Badger Creek, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.4718,-105.86 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Badger Creek, Fremont County | Kissel R. (2010) | Sangre de Cristo | The recognized age of the Badger Creek locality is based on the vertebrate assemblage that it produces (Vaughn, 1969a) | "shale" | 305.9 - 303.4 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Desmatodon hesperis species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : Desmatodon : Desmatodon hesperis | 305.9 - 303.4 Ma Carboniferous |
Ianthasaurus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae : Ianthasaurus | 305.9 - 303.4 Ma Carboniferous |
Limnoscelis dynatis species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Limnoscelidae : Limnoscelis : Limnoscelis dynatis | 305.9 - 303.4 Ma Carboniferous |
Trihecaton howardinus species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Trihecatontidae : Trihecaton : Trihecaton howardinus | 305.9 - 303.4 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Kissel R. (2010) Morphology, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Diadectidae (Cotylosauria: Diadectomorpha), University of Toronto |
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!