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Little Colorado west of Cameron, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.935,-111.61 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Arizona, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Coconino County, Arizona, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Little Colorado west of Cameron, Beta bed 6, 165 feet | McKee E. D. (1938) | Kaibab - Fossil Mountain | Beta member | "limestone" | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Little Colorado west of Cameron, Beta bed 6, 214 feet | McKee E. D. (1938) | Kaibab - Fossil Mountain | Beta member | "limestone" | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bivalvia class | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Astartella sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astartella | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Bellerophon sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Plagioglypta sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Plagioglypta | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
References
McKee E. D. (1938) The environment and history of the Toroweap and Kaibab Formations of northern Arizona and southern Utah, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 492, 1-268 |
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!