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Dexter Marsh's Quarry, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	42.5175,-72.5503
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Massachusetts, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Dexter Marsh's Quarry, Montague	Lull R. S. (1915)	Agawam - Portland		sandstone	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Ornithoidichnites divaricatus species	Ichnolites : Dipodichnites : Ornithoidichnites : *Ornithoidichnites divaricatus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Anomoepus scambus species	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Moyenisauropodidae : Anomoepus : *Anomoepus scambus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Steropoides diversus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Steropoides : *Steropoides diversus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Steropoides elegans species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Steropoides : *Steropoides elegans*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Steropoides loripes species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Steropoides : *Steropoides loripes*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Eubrontes (Ornithichnites) sp. subgenus	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : *Eubrontes (Ornithichnites)*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Anticheiropus hamatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Anticheiropus : *Anticheiropus hamatus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Anticheiropus pilulatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Anticheiropus : *Anticheiropus pilulatus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Argoides minimus species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Argoides : *Argoides minimus*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Sauropus barrattii species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropodidae : Sauropus : *Sauropus barrattii*	201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic

References

Hitchcock E. Supplement to the ichnology of New England, Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863, 1-37

Hitchcock C. H. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College, Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863, 43-96

Hitchcock E. , Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, xii-831

Hitchcock E. , Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, xii-214

Hitchcock E. An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series 3, 129-256

Buckland W. , Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volume II. William Pickering, London, 1-128

Lull R. S. (1915) Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley, State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 24, 1-285

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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