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Locality 42, Johnson County, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.35,-88.8978 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Illinois, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Johnson County, Illinois, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 42, Fraileys Shale, Johnson Co., IL | Rodriguez J. (1960) | Fraileys Shale | the Fraileys Shale of Kentucky and Illinois is equivalent to the middle Golconda of Indiana [JA: originally entered as "Middle Chester"; the Fraileys Shale is more specifically Pendleian] | "shale" | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cleiothyridina sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Cleiothyridina | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Composita trinuclea species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita trinuclea | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Eumetria sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Retziidae : Eumetria | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Reticulariina spinosa species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Reticulariinidae : Reticulariina : Reticulariina spinosa | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Amplexizaphrentis sp. genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Hapsiphyllidae : Amplexizaphrentis | 326.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Rodriguez J. (1960) Invertebrate Fauna of the Golconda Formation (Middle Chester) of Indiana, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Indiana University, 1-259 |
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!