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USGS locality 7463, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.2736,-107.786 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | La Plata County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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USGS locality 7463, 5 miles east of Durango, Animas Fm | Brown R. W. (1962) | Animas | 700 feet above base of Animas formation | "siliciclastic" | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platanus raynoldsi species | Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Platanaceae : Platanus : Platanus raynoldsi | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
References
Brown R. W. (1962) Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 375, 1-119 |
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!