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Purington Shale, Illinois, USA
| Formation | Purington Shale |
|---|---|
| Age: | 323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous |
| Interval | Pennsylvanian |
| Lithology | shale |
| Number of Collections | 1 |
| Number of Occurrences | 13 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Galesburg Flora | Illinois, USA | Purington Shale |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainard | 458 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | 1 | |
| Scales - Clermont | 458 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | 1 | |
| Scales - Orchard Creek | 458 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Pfefferkorn H. W. (1979) High diversity and stratigraphic age of the Mazon Creek flora (In M. Nitcki (ed.)), Mazon Creek Fossils. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL USA, 129-142 |
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!
