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Brooke County Sandpit, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.2697,-80.5661 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | West Virginia, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Brooke County, West Virginia, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Brooke County Sandpit | Weimer B. R. (1956) | Time interval not explicitly stated but inferred from fossil taxa. | gravel | 23.03 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mammuthus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus | 23.03 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Weimer B. R. (1956) Mammoth Remains Found in Brooke County, West Virginia, Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 27, 14-15 |
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!