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Tucker County Footprints, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.2358,-79.8189 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | West Virginia, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Barbour County, West Virginia, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Tucker County Footprints | Jake T. R., Blake, Jr. B. M. (1982) | Conemaugh | 320-280 million years ago, the footprints probably represent one of the first groups of creatures to venture landward from prehistoric swamps | mudstone | 314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Amphibia class | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia | 314.6 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Jake T. R., Blake, Jr. B. M. (1982) 300 Million Year Old Footprints Found in Tucker County, Mountain State Geology, 23-25 |
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!