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Big Creek Park, Jackson County, Colorado, USA

Mindat.org Locality PageJackson County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)40.7,-106.3
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationColorado, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Jackson County, Colorado, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Big Creek ParkIzett G. A. (1975)? Browns Park23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Peterson RidgeAlroy J. (2002)North Park - middle23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Merychyus arenarum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Merychyus : Merychyus arenarum23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Equidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Izett G. A. (1975) Late Cenozoic sedimentation and deformation in northern Colorado and adjoining areas, Geological Society of America Memoir 144, 179-209
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
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!
 
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