US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsSite IDCommentsReferenceLat-Long|Spare1Spare2Spare3
Washington(1st+Channing)-DCIn excavation at 1st and Channing Street NW in 1942KPotomacvertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(bones)DC0003http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/696web/dinosaur.html38.9224,-77.0121,,ALn73?|*$DC0001,DC0002,DC0004,DC0006
Washington(E St)-DC22m below street level on E Capitol St while digging sewer between Texas and Burns Avenue in 1959-a dinosaur (raptor) boneKvertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(bones)DC0009http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.8899,-76.9501,,ALn71?|*$DC0006
Washington(GoodHopeHill)-DCalong Good Hope Hill-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)(teeth) in greensandK-Tvertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)(teeth)DC000538.8648,-76.9767,,ALn73?|*$DC0006,DC0008
Washington(NE)-DCin excavations and other exposures in the NE part of the districtKlPotomacvertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(bones)DC0007http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.93,-76.98,,AKm74|*$DC0001,DC0002,DC0006,MD0259
Washington(NatMuseumNatHistory)-DCNational Museum of Natural History(Smithsonian). 10th St. and Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20560 Free admission. Open every day except Dec. 25 from 10 AM to 5:30 PMDC0010https://naturalhistory.si.edu38.8912,-77.0260,,AKm72|,
Washington(SE)-DCin excavations and other exposures along the SE border South of the Anacostia RiverKuSeverninvertebrates(marine),vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(bones)DC0008http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.8648,-76.9767,,ALm73|*$DC0005,DC0006
Washington(UnionStn)-DCIn excavation at 1st and F street (Union Station) in 1898KPotomacvertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(bones)DC0004http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/696web/dinosaur.html38.8973,-77.0091,,ALn73?|*$DC0001,DC0002,DC0003,DC0006
Washington(area)-DCArea exposures in DC and Maryland in clays with ironstone nodules and ligniteKvertebrates-reptilia(bones)(fragments)(teeth)DC0006http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/picbook/one.html38.8932,-77.0224,,AKm74|*$DC0001,DC0002,DC0003,DC0004,DC0005,DC0007,DC0008,DC0009,MD0108,MD0109,MD0259,MD0304,MD0308
Washington(area)-DCDinosaur vertebrae in the Washington,DC areaKPotomac?DC000138.9358,-77.0103,,AKm73?|*$DC0002,DC0003,DC0004,DC0006,DC0007
Washington(area)-DCIn area excavations and cutsKArundelvertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria-theropoda-Creosaurus(vertebrae)DC000238.9358,-77.0103,,AKm73?|*$DC0001,DC0003,DC0004,DC0006,DC0007

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