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UWBM C2830, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 46.99,-116.28 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Idaho, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Shoshone County, Idaho, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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UWBM C2830, Kienbaum racetrack | Calede J. J. M., Orcutt J. D., et al (2018) | Takah | immediately below ash layer correlated with an ash from the Bully Creek Formation dated to 15.65+/- 0.07 Ma. Basalt dam the created lake is esimated to have been emplaced ~16 Ma; site interpreted as early Barstovian. Is from same section that has produced plant and fish fossils, but appears to be from a different bed. | claystone | 15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sciuridae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae | 15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene |
References
Calede J. J. M., Orcutt J. D., et al (2018) The first tetrapod from the mid-Miocene Clarkia lagerstatte, PeerJ 6 e4880 doi:10.7717/peerj.4880 |
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!