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Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 41.3119,-88.1433 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Illinois, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Will County, Illinois, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Kankakee River near Wilmington, Fernvale Limestone | Weller S. (1916) | Fort Atkinson | "Fernvale Limestone division of the Richmond Group", in Bassler (1911). PJW: This shoud be the Fort Atkinson now. | "limestone" | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Wilmington, Fernvale Limestone | Bassler R. S. (1911) | Fort Atkinson | "Fernvale Limestone division of the Richmond Group", in Bassler (1911). PJW: This shoud be the Fort Atkinson now. | "limestone" | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Wilmington, Richmond Fm. | Bassler R. S. (1911) | Richmond | not reported | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sceptropora facula species | Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Arthrostylidae : Sceptropora : Sceptropora facula | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Anaphragma mirabile species | Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Amplexoporidae : Anaphragma : Anaphragma mirabile | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
Atactocrinus wilmingtonensis species | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Diplobathrida : Rhodocrinitidae : Atactocrinus : Atactocrinus wilmingtonensis | 449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic |
References
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!