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Mattoon, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Formation | Mattoon |
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Member(s) | Black Shale Lower Limestone Shumway Limestone |
Age: | 303 - 299 Ma Carboniferous |
Interval | Virgilian |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 8 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Mattoon - Black Shale | 303 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | shale | 15 |
Mattoon - Lower Limestone | 303 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | limestone | 18 |
Mattoon - Shumway Limestone | 303 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | limestone, lime mudstone/"limestone" | 112 |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!