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Herculaneum Fissure, Monroe County, Illinois, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.2667,-90.3667 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Given Location | Missouri, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Monroe County, Illinois, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herculaneum Fissure | Olson E. C. (1940) | considered to be "late Pleistocene" based on faunal composition\nthe fossiliferous "clay horizon showed no sequence of faunas whatsoever" and appears to be about two feet thick in an illustrated section where it is overlain by "gravel in clay" and above that "thick layers of travertine" that sealed the fissure | claystone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Olson E. C. (1940) A late Pleistocene fauna from Herculaneum, Missouri, Journal of Geology 48 1, 32-57 |
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!
