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A farm lane along Foster Branch near Fleanor Mill, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.1167,-84.0292 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Tennessee, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Knox County, Tennessee, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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A farm lane along Foster Branch near Fleanor Mill, 2 mi northeast of Heiskell | Cooper G. A. (1956) | Fleanor Mill | Probably variant of Hogskin member of Lincolnshire formation | "limestone" | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mimella sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Mimella | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Plectocamara sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : Plectocamara | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Oligorhynchia sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Oligorhynchiidae : Oligorhynchia | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Rhipidomena mesleri species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Rhipidomena : Rhipidomena mesleri | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
Cooper G. A. (1956) Chazyan and related brachiopods, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127, 1-1245 |
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!