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Black Marble Quarry, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 45.3833,-117.35 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Oregon, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Wallowa County, Oregon, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Black Marble Quarry | Yancey T. E., Stanley G. D. (1999) | Hurwal | "limestone" | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Wallowaconcha raylenea species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Megalodontida : Wallowaconchidae : Wallowaconcha : Wallowaconcha raylenea | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Yancey T. E., Stanley G. D. (1999) Giant alatoform bivalves in the Upper Triassic of western North America, Palaeontology 42 1, 1-23 |
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!