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SW Portland Cement Quarry, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.2,-105.233 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Boulder County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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SW Portland Cement Quarry, Lyons | Kauffman E. G., Harries P. J., et al (2007) | Colorado - Niobrara - Smoky Hill Chalk | single bedding plane in the upper part of the "Middle Shale Unit" | "shale" | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platyceramus platinus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Platyceramus : Platyceramus platinus | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Pseudoperna sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Pseudoperna | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Kauffman E. G., Harries P. J., et al (2007) Paleoecology of giant Inoceramidae (Platyceramus) on a Santonian (Cretaceous) seafloor in Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 81 1, 64-81 |
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!