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Peters Creek , Barren County, Kentucky, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.845,-85.9792 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Kentucky, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Barren County, Kentucky, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Peters Creek (Barren Co., KY) | Meyer D. L., Ausich W. I. (1997) | Fort Payne Chert | JA: late Osagean; the Fort Payne falls entirely within the Gnathodus texanus zone (Ausich and Meyer 1990), which in turn is Chadian to Arundian (Work and Mason 2004) | 345.3 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Agaricocrinus sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Coelocrinidae : Agaricocrinus | 345.3 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous |
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!