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Coal Cliff Mbr., McCreary County, Kentucky, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.8,-84.55 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Kentucky, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | McCreary County, Kentucky, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Coal Cliff Mbr., Breathitt Group, type section, eastern Kentucky | Chesnut, Jr. D. R. (1991) | Breathitt - Alvy Creek - Coal Cliff | probably equivalent to Hensley Member, according to Chesnut, 1991 | "shale" | 318.1 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
References
Chesnut, Jr. D. R. (1991) Paleontological survey of the Pennsylvanian rocks of the eastern Kentucky coal field: Part 1, invertebrates, Kentucky Geological Survey Information Circular XI 36, 1-71 |
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!