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Constenius Park , Flathead County, Montana, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 48.392,-113.701 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Montana, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Flathead County, Montana, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Constenius Park (Kishenehn) | Harbach R. E., Greenwalt D. (2012) | Kishenehn - Coal Creek | Middle sequence of the Coal Creek member of the Kishenehn Formation, which has been estimated to be 46.2 +/- 0.4 myo (Lutetian) by 40Ar/39Ar analysis and 43.5 +/- 4.9 myo by fission-track analysis | "shale" | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Park site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn) | Greenwalt D. E., Bickel D. J., et al (2019) | Kishenehn - Coal Creek | Middle sequence of the Coal Creek member of the Kishenehn Formation, which has been estimated to be 46.2 +/- 0.4 myo (Lutetian) by 40Ar/39Ar analysis and 43.5 +/- 4.9 myo by fission-track analysis | "shale" | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ptenidium kishenehnicum species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ptiliidae : Ptenidium : Ptenidium kishenehnicum | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Eoanomala melas species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bombyliidae : Eoanomala : Eoanomala melas | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Culiseta kishenehn species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Culicidae : Culiseta : Culiseta kishenehn | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Cyttaromyia lynnae species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Cylindrotomidae : Cyttaromyia : Cyttaromyia lynnae | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) kishenehn species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Ellipteroides : Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) kishenehn | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Aphalaridae : Eogyropsylla : Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
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!