Version 2309 current as of SEP 2023.
Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Site ID | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long | | | Spare1 | Spare2 | Spare3 |
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Kaskaskia River(OkwaRiv) | - | IL | In bluff on E side of Okaw River in Limestone escarpment | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Athyris,productida-Productus;Retzia;echinoderms-Agelacrinites,blastoidea-Pentremites;crinoids-Forbesiocrinus,Zeacrinites | IL0142 | This may be hopeless as the name Okaw River seems to be an old term for the Kaskaskia River which is 500km long and features several dams that may have flooded the site. Zeacrinites originally Zeacrinus. Agelacrinites originally Agelacrinus | 39.4312,-88.7537,,AGg16 | | | $* | |||||
LaFarge | - | IL | Probably a referece to one of the many LaFarge corporation Quarries | PN? | plants | IL0203 | http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf | 39.4362,-88.7695,location:arbitrary,AHh15? | | | $* | ||||
MississippiRiv | - | IL | Along the Mississippi River from Cairo,IL to Baton Rouge,LA in loess (wind blown silt) deposits ranging from 9 to 23 meters in thickness and 50 to 100km in width (thicker in North and better developed on E side of river) | PE | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia(sparse),gastropoda(non_marine) | IL0001 | 39.9434,-91.4227,location:Quincy.IL,AHh15 | | | $* | |||||
South IL | - | IL | In Southern IL | M | Tar Springs | ichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-Skolithos | IL0217 | outcrops above Glen Dean Limestone around rim of illinois basin | http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?toledo1116014816 | 37.4705,-88.2905,location:HardinCounty-IL,AHh15? | | | *$IN0057,IN0058,IN0205,IN0245,IN0352 | ||
(SouthPartofCounty) | Adams | IL | In S part of County in coal beds | invertebrates-bryozoa-Archimedes;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Lithostrotion | IL0005 | 39.8570,-91.1838,location:Liberty.IL,AJj14? | | | $* | ||||||
- | Adams | IL | In marine shales | PN | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Euchondria | IL0205 | http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 | 39.8845,-91.1288,location:Liberty.IL,AHj14 | | | $*IL0006 | ||||
-region | Adams | IL | throughout county in dark gray shales | PN | Des Moines | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Aviculopecten,Euchondria | IL0006 | 39.8845,-91.1288,location:Liberty.IL,AHj14? | | | $*IL0205 | ||||
Clayton(SE2McGeeCk) | Adams | IL | 2 km SE(?) in coal exposures along branch of McGee's Creek sw1/4s34t1nr5w -90.972078 40.0230 90.9664 400m SW of Clayton | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Discina;mollusks-bivalvia-Aviculopecten | IL0002 | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Discina is both a genus of brachiopod and a genus of fungus | 40.0230,-90.9721,sw1/4s34t1nr5w,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Quincy | Adams | IL | M | Keokuk | vertebrates-fish(teeth)-chondrichthyes-chimaera-Deltodus,(ichthyodorulites);orodontidae-Orodus;petalodontae-Chomatodus;psammodontidae-Psammodus;selachii-holocephali-Cochliodus,Sandalodus | IL0003 | 39.9354,-91.4099,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0234 | |||||
Quincy | Adams | IL | Burlington | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0234 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 39.9354,-91.4099,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0003 | |||||
Quincy(NE) | Adams | IL | NE in old quarries | invertebrates-brachiopoda-productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa-Archimedes;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Zaphrentis;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Actinocrinites,Agaricocrinus | IL0004 | Actinocrinites originally Actinocrinus | 39.9636,-91.3572,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Thebes(N4) | Alexander | IL | 4 km above | S | Clear Creek Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Dalmanites;;brachiopoda-Strophomena | IL0008 | 37.2532,-89.4466,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Thebes(S3-AlexanderCk) | Alexander | IL | 3 km below along Orchard Creek | Sl | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Asaphus;;brachiopoda-Orthis,Strophomena;cnidaria-conularia-Conularia;corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Glyptocrinus;;mollusks-cephalopoda-nautilidae-Cyrtolites;;gastropoda-Cyclonema | IL0007 | 37.1979,-89.4492,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Belvidere(NW6) | Boone | IL | 6 km NW | O | Galena | invertebrates-brachiopoda,mollusks-bivalvia-Ambonychia;cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda-Bellerophon,Murchisonia,Pleurotomaria;;;plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0009 | 42.3041,-88.9029,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0194 | ||||
Chambersburg(McGeesCk) | Brown | IL | In Limestone outcrops in bed of McGee's Creek | invertebrates-brachiopoda-spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa-Archimedes;echinoderms-crinoids-Agaricocrinus | IL0010 | 39.7946,-90.6578,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Cooperstown(LaMoineRiv) | Brown | IL | In NE part of county along road running NW to SE near La Moine River Bluffs | PN | Caseyville | plants(29 species) | IL0292 | 29 species of plants | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 39.9794,-90.6182,,Akm73? | | | *$IL0011,IL0012,IL0015,IL0291 | ||
La Moine River | Brown | IL | In NE part of county in La Moine River Bluffs | PN | Caseyville | plants(29 species) | IL0291 | 29 species of plants | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 39.9805,-90.5977,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0011,IL0012,IL0015,IL0292 | ||
La Moine River | Brown | IL | In northeastern part of County along LaMoine river in river bluff and road cuts | PNl | Caseyville Sandstone | plants(29 species)-pteridophyta-Megalopteris;tracheophyta-Noeggerathiales | IL0015 | 39.9805,-90.5977,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0011,IL0012,IL0291,IL0292 | ||||
LaMoine River | Brown | IL | in NE part of county in area road cuts | PN | Caseyville | plants(29 species) | IL0012 | 39.9805,-90.5977,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0011,IL0015,IL0291,IL0292 | ||||
LaMoine(LaMoineRiv) | Brown | IL | in river bluffs and road cuts. Spencer Farm Flora-well preserved fossils | plants | IL0011 | 39.9805,-90.5977,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0012,IL0015,IL0291,IL0292 | ||||||
Mount Sterling(S10-McGeesCk) | Brown | IL | 10 km S on Dry Fork of McGee's Creek in Limestone and Sandstone | M | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Lithostrotion;;;echinoderms-blastoidea-Granatocrinus;echinoidea-Archaeocidaris | IL0013 | 39.8926,-90.7639,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Mt Sterling(SpencerFarm) | Brown | IL | Early Pennsylvanian plants in shales at 'Spencer Farm' | PN | plants-lycopodiophyta-Gulpenia(?);pteridophyta-Alloiopteris,Eremopteris,Megalopteris,Palaeopteridium | IL0014 | No citations for 'Gulpenia' 050527. Palaeopteridium is Paleopteridium in original | library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c500.pdf | 39.9873,-90.7635,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Sheffield(area) | Bureau | IL | Area strip mines | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Neospirifer;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Lophophyllidium | IL0016 | 41.3533,-89.7306,,AKm53 | | | $* | ||||||
Batchtown(N2) | Calhoun | IL | 1.6km N | O | Kimmswick Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Acrolichas,Ceraurinus,(others) | IL0270 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 39.0457,-90.6625,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0271 | |||
Batchtown(S2) | Calhoun | IL | 2km S | O | Kimmswick Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Acrolichas,Scutellum,(others) | IL0271 | Scutellum originally Bronteus | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 39.0192,-90.6594,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0270 | ||
(area) | Carroll | IL | area exposures,Cincinnatian faunas | O | - | IL0020 | 42.0381,-89.9602,,AKm74 | | | $* | |||||
Mount Carroll(n+w) | Carroll | IL | In lead mines N and W of town | O | Galena | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(abundant)(fragments);cnidaria-corals;mollusks-cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras(large);;;;plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0017 | 42.1019,-89.9880,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Savannah | Carroll | IL | quarries above and below town in limestones-Large perfect trilobites | Sl | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments)(complete)-Asaphus;;brachiopoda-Orthis;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;mollusks-cephalopoda-orthoceratites | IL0019 | 42.0931,-90.1511,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0018 | |||||
Savannah(area) | Carroll | IL | area exposures | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Blainia,Isotelus;;brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Catenipora,Thecia | IL0018 | 42.0931,-90.1511,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0019 | ||||||
Carlyle(OkawRiv) | Clinton | IL | N1/4S19T2r2 in banks and bed of Okaw River -89.313218 38.6061 89.3650 South edge of Carlyle | invertebrates-brachiopoda-productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa | IL0021 | Unable to identify a Shoal Creek formation in IL | 38.6061,-89.3650, N1/4S19T2r2,AKm72 | | | $* | |||||
S part of county | Clinton | IL | along S county line in Upper Coal Measures | PN | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Streblochondria | IL0022 | 38.4966,-89.3958,,AJj54 | | | $* | |||||
Blue Is | Cook | IL | Calumet Sag Channel-worm Lecathylus | Su | Racine | worms-annelida-Lecathylus | IL0305 | http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/collections-database/arthropods/annelida/ | 41.6768,-87.8058,,AKm73? | | | , | |||
Blue Island | Cook | IL | S | invertebrates-cnidaria-conularia | IL0023 | 41.6519,-87.6948,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0024,IL0198,IL0199,IL0265 | ||||||
Blue Island(CalumetFeeder) | Cook | IL | SW in rocks excavated from Calumet feeder of Chicago Drainage Canal | S | Racine | sipuncula-Lecthaylus;worms-priapulida-Protoscolex | IL0265 | http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt | 41.6519,-87.6948,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0023,IL0024,IL0198,IL0199 | |||
Blue Island(CalumetFeeder) | Cook | IL | found during excavations for Calumet feeder for Chicago Drainage Canal | S | Racine Dolomite | worms-annelida?(worms) | IL0198 | http://www.jstor.org/pss/30057866 | 41.6519,-87.6948,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0023,IL0024,IL0199,IL0265 | |||
Blue Island(CalumetFeeder) | Cook | IL | found during excavations for Calumet feeder for Chicago Drainage Canal | S | Racine Dolomite | worms-annelida?(worms) | IL0199 | http://www.jstor.org/pss/30057866 | 41.6519,-87.6948,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0023,IL0024,IL0198,IL0265 | |||
Blue Island(SW2) | Cook | IL | 2 km SW about 11 km NW of Thornton in quarries | ichnofossils(fucoids),invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda?-orthocerida-Orthoceras(?) | IL0024 | Original entry is for the nonexistent taxa 'Ostrocerata' | 41.6519,-87.6948,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0023,IL0198,IL0199,IL0265 | |||||
Bridgeport(area) | Cook | IL | In area quarries | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Atrypa,Meristella,Pentamerus,spiriferida-Spirifer;Strophomena,(others);cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Diphyphyllum;tabulata-Favosites,Halysites;;;echinoderms-blastoidea-Caryocrinites;;mollusks-gastropoda-Pleurotomaria | IL0025 | Caryocrinites originally Caryocrinus | 41.8432,-87.6490,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0026,IL0269 | |||||
Chicago | Cook | IL | In area quarries | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments);brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks-gastropoda-Pleurotomaria | IL0026 | 41.8842,-87.6292,,AJj43 | | | *$IL0025,IL0269,IL0273 | ||||||
Chicago(BridgeportQry) | Cook | IL | Bridgeport Quarry | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Acidaspis | IL0269 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.8432,-87.6490,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0025,IL0026 | |||
Chicago(FederalStoneCoQry) | Cook | IL | Federal Stone Company Quarry | S | Racine | invertebrates-echinoderms-Proastrum | IL0266 | http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt | 41.7993,-87.8532,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Chicago(FieldMus) | Cook | IL | Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605. (312)922-9410 (general inquiries) (312)665-7669(TTY). Extensive Collections. Admission Fee | IL0301 | https://www.fieldmuseum.org/ | 41.8662,-87.6169,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Chicago(NatureMus) | Cook | IL | Chicago Academy of Science-Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago IL 60614. Phone: 773-755-5100. Large fossil collection primarily focused on Carboniferous of the Middle West | IL0302 | https://naturemuseum.org/ | 41.9268,-87.6352,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Evanston(UniversityGrove-N) | Cook | IL | N of University Grove along Lake Michigan shoreline,fresh water fossils | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Pisidium,(others);gastropoda-Amnicola,ancylidae(?),Lymnaea,Melantho(?),Physa,Planorbis,Valvata | IL0027 | Melantho originally Melontho, Ancylidae originally Ancylus | 42.0569,-87.6716,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Hawthorne(Dolese-ShepardQry) | Cook | IL | Dolese-Shepard Quarry (Hawthorn, IL) | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Arctinurus | IL0273 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.8621,-87.7561,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0026 | |||
Lemont | Cook | IL | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Arctinurus | IL0276 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.6644,-87.9636,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0242 | ||||
Old Thornton | Cook | IL | In area Limestone quarries | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Favosites;;;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea;gastropoda | IL0028 | http://ebeltz.net/fieldtrips/tq-ft.html | 41.5687,-87.6173,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0029 | |||||
Thornton(IL43+IL394) | Cook | IL | in reef exposures in large quarries at intersection of IL43 and IL394 | S | Racine | invertebrates-brachiopoda,echinoderms-crinoids | IL0029 | IL394 does in fact run NS through Thornton, but IL 43 is not in the area, and the large quarries in Thornton are several km W of the junction of IL394 and I80 | 41.5687,-87.6173,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0028 | |||
- | DeKalb | IL | In glacial drift-crustacea in nodules | PE | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea(in_nodules);mollusks-gastropoda-Cancellaria,Turritella;;;plants(petrifiedwood),vertebrates-fish(bones)(teeth),mammals(bones)(teeth) | IL0035 | 41.9309,-88.7517,,AJj44 | | | *$IL0031,IL0095? | |||||
Aurora | DeKalb | IL | In RR cuts of Chicago,Burlington and Quincy RR outside city | vertebrates-mammals-proboscidea-Mastodon(bones)(teeth) | IL0030 | 41.7606,-88.3200,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Fox River | DeKalb | IL | meters in S3t4r8 in The PLSS coordinates lack direction modifiers (NSEW) and probably wouldn't make sense even if the modifiers were there. The Fox River flows South thru adjacent Kane County. A few minor streams in the Southeastern portion of DeKalb County drain into the Fox River but none are identified as forks of the Fox River. Might refer to the Fox River in Kendall County? | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Leptaena,Orthis,Strophomena,(others) | IL0031 | 41.9309,-88.7517,,AHh15? | | | *$IL0035,IL0095? | ||||
Milan | DeKalb | IL | M | St Louis | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-chimaera-Psephodus(teeth) | IL0032 | 41.4597,-90.5696,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0033 | |||||
Milan(CollinsonQry) | DeKalb | IL | Collinson Quarry in fracture fill material | PN | Abbott,Spoon | vertebrates-fish-sarcopterygii-Cricotus | IL0033 | 41.4597,-90.5696,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0032 | ||||
Stewartville(N-KishwaukeeRiv) | DeKalb | IL | N of town on N bank of Kishwaukee River | O | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments) | IL0034 | No information available on a Stewartville, IL | 42.1056,-88.7822,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
- | Du Page | IL | In glacial drift | PE | vertebrates-mammals(bones)(teeth)-proboscidea-Mastodon;rodentia-castoridae-Castoroides | IL0036 | 41.8266,-88.0884,,AIi14 | | | $* | |||||
Elmhurst | Du Page | IL | In limestone fragments in crevice fill in Niagara Limestone | D | invertebrates-brachiopoda;vertebrates-fish(teeth) | IL0262 | Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vols 1-44 p355 | 41.8996,-87.9570,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Lemont | Du Page | IL | In area | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0242 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.6736,-88.0017,,AJj44? | | | $*IL0276 | |||
Paris(N-US150) | Edgar | IL | N on US150 3.2km from Twin Lakes Dam. E 3.2km. S 320m. E 3.2km to St Aloysius Church. N to abandoned Quarry NE1/4S10T14NR11W 39.6757 87.6270 8km NE of Paris | PN | invertebrates(marine) | IL0206 | https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/2022/280/1/C06.pdf | 39.6757,-87.6270,NE1/4S10T14NR11W,AKm72? | | | $* | ||||
Teutopolis(N2) | Effingham | IL | 1.6km N | invertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-Baylea | IL0037 | 39.1476,-88.4673,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Ramsey | Fayette | IL | invertebrates(?)(abundant) | PN? | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0228 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 39.1445,-89.1087,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Christopher(OldBen#11) | Franklin | IL | Old Ben No 11 Mine-well preserved tree ferns | PN | Energy Shale | plants-(tree ferns)(well preserved) | IL0207 | http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf | 37.9725,-89.0533,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Alden Mine | Fulton | IL | on waste piles in pyrite concretions | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates-brachiopoda;plants | IL0038 | There may be more than one Alden mine in Fulton County | 40.7180,-90.0127,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0039,IL0040,IL0293 | |||
Alden Mine No 5 | Fulton | IL | fossils in concretions | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-phyllocarida(fragments);;brachiopoda,porifera(sponges);plants-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron;;vertebrates-fish(fragments) | IL0039 | 40.7180,-90.0127,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0038,IL0040,IL0293 | ||||
Canton | Fulton | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0235 | Possibly in strip mined are NW of town | An American Geological Railway Guide p211 | 40.5581,-90.0351,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Farmington(Alden#5Mine) | Fulton | IL | In spoil piles of Alden Number 5 mine | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates-brachiopoda;plants(pyritized)-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron(scales);;vertebrates-fish(fragments) | IL0293 | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 40.7180,-90.0127,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0038,IL0039,IL0040 | |||
Farmington(AldenMine#5) | Fulton | IL | in black shales in spoil piles of Alden Mine #5 | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates-brachiopoda;plants,vertebrates-fish(fragments) | IL0040 | Mine is listed at 40.7086,-90.0143, but satellite photo seems to show it N and E of that point. | 40.7180,-90.0127,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0038,IL0039,IL0293 | |||
Saline River | Gallatin | IL | In shales along creek | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Selenimyalina | IL0041 | No clue where on the river the shale exposures are | 37.8224,-88.3006,,AJj14? | | | $* | |||||
Saline River(NForkBridge) | Gallatin | IL | At bridge over N fork of Saline River | PN | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Pseudomontis | IL0208 | Lat Lon is US45 bridge overNorth Fork of the Saline River. There are several other bridges over that River. | http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 | 37.8881,-88.3843,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0042 | |||
Saline River(NForkBridge) | Gallatin | IL | at bridge over N branch in dark Limestone | PN | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Pseudomonotis | IL0042 | 37.8881,-88.3843,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0208 | |||||
Carrollton(NE5) | Greene | IL | Keokuk fossils 4.8km NE | Keokuk | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0253 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 39.4355,-90.3535,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Whitehall(S2) | Greene | IL | Keokuk fossils 2.4km S | Keokuk | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0254 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 39.4184,-90.4043,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Braceville | Grundy | IL | plants(abundant) in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants(abundant) | IL0247 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212, http://www.esconi.org/esconi_earth_science_club/members-writings/page/3/ | 41.2062,-88.2741,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0045,IL0184,IL0209 | ||||
Braceville | Grundy | IL | - | IL0209 | http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf | 41.2062,-88.2741,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0045,IL0184,IL0247 | ||||||
Coal City(area) | Grundy | IL | Carboniferous fossils--marine fossils,plants in siderite nodules found in an arc of old strip mines from just South of Braceville North then West around Braidwood,Diamond,Eileen and Carbon Hill Permit required in some areas -- see http://americanfossilhunt.com/mazon-creek-permit-fossil-hunting-pit-11-pdf. Probably best to research this area on line before travelling there. | P | Francis Creek,Braidwood | invertebrates,plants | IL0303 | https://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/where-look-fossils | 41.215,-88.270,,AKm73 | | | , | |||
Dresden Lake | Grundy | IL | In ironstone concretion | PN | Francis Creek | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae | IL0043 | 41.3650, -88.2584,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0054 | ||||
Dresden Lakes | Grundy? | IL | Mazon Creek nodules -- Fee area | PN | invertebrates,plants | IL0054 | 41.3650, -88.2584,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0043 | |||||
East Brooklyn(PeabodyPit14) | Grundy | IL | E on road to Essex in Pit 14 of Peabody coal Co-n shales | invertebrates-conodonts,mollusks-gastropoda-Euphemites,Glabrocingulum;;;vertebrates-fish(fragments)-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)(teeth)-Cladodus,holocephali-edestidae-Edestus;Listracanthus(spines) | IL0044 | 'Globrocinglum' in the original | 41.1728,-88.2532,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0045,IL0052 | |||||
Mazon Creek(CoalCity) | Grundy | IL | Coal City in ironstone nodules=well preserved plants and rarely animals | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(rare),plants | IL0046 | 41.2964,-88.2820,,AJj13 | | | *$IL0047,IL0048,IL0049,IL0050,IL0053 | ||||
Mazon Creek(GreerSchool) | Grundy | IL | Greer School of Heavy Earth Moving in ironstone nodules-well preserved plants and rarely animals | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(rare),plants | IL0047 | 41.2964,-88.2820,,AKm74? | | | *$IL0046,IL0048,IL0049,IL0050,IL0053 | ||||
Mazon Creek(GrundyCty) | Grundy | IL | Most of the surface area of Grundy County,IL,in ironstone nodules | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(uncommon),plants | IL0049 | 41.2964,-88.2820,,AJj13 | | | *$IL0046,IL0047,IL0048,IL0050,IL0053,IL0189,IL0246 | ||||
Mazon Creek(I55+IL113NNE+SSW) | Grundy | IL | A series of strip mines running SSW to NNE across I55 N of the IL113 intersection. The junction of IL113, IL129 and IL53 is near the E end of the mined area. {9} V11 No4 in ironstone nodules-well preserved plants and rarely animals | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(rare),plants | IL0045 | 41.2009,-88.2724,,AJj13 | | | *$IL0044,IL0111,IL0184,IL0209,IL0247 | ||||
Mazon Creek(PeabodyPit11) | Grundy | IL | Pit 11 of Peabody Coal Co,Will County in ironstone nodules-well preserved plants and rarely animals | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(uncommon),plants | IL0050 | 41.2964,-88.2820,,AJj13 | | | *$IL0046,IL0047,IL0048,IL0049,IL0053 | ||||
Mazon Creek(Pit#1) | Grundy | IL | Mazon Creek #1 | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae-Elonichthys;Platysomus,;sarcopterygii-dipnoi-Sagenodus | IL0048 | 41.2964,-88.2820,,AJj13 | | | *$IL0046,IL0047,IL0049,IL0050,IL0053 | ||||||
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area | Grundy | IL | plants and invertebrate fossils in concretions. Free collecting permit available at visitors center | P | Braidwood,Essex | invertebrates,plants | IL0297 | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas | 41.2156,-88.2692,,AKm74 | | | , | |||
Morris | Grundy | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0238 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.3345,-88.4674,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0051 | ||||
Morris(SE6) | Grundy | IL | 6.2 km SE in 6 meters of sandy shales overlying coal in Mazon Creek in nodules in sandstone in ironstone nodules-well preserved plants and rarely animals | PN | Mazon Creek | invertebrates(rare),plants | IL0051 | 41.3345,-88.4674,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0238 | ||||
Peabody Coal Pit 14 | Grundy | IL | PN | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae;chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-Listracanthus | IL0052 | Pit 14 is probably between East Brooklyn and Clarke City on the S side of the road. | esconi-talk_jack-wittry_9_11_09_low-res-1.pdf | 41.1715,-88.2466,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0044 | ||||
Pit 6 | Grundy | IL | In ironstone concretion | PN | Francis Creek | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae | IL0053 | esconi-talk_jack-wittry_9_11_09_low-res-1.pdf | 41.3153,-88.2500,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0046,IL0047,IL0048,IL0049,IL0050 | |||
Brunce's(?) Creek | Hancock | IL | limestones | M | Keokuk | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks;vertebrates-fish(spines)(teeth) | IL0055 | Apparently Bronson Creek is sometimes called Brunces Creek. Lat Lon is arbitrary point on upper part of the watershed | 40.3286,-91.0564,,AIi14? | | | $* | |||
Crooked Creek | Hancock | IL | limestones | M | Keokuk | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks;vertebrates-fish(spines)(teeth) | IL0056 | Crooked Creek looks to run W to E through La Harpe, IL No clue where the fossil outcrop (if any) is. | 40.5910,-90.9662,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Dallas City | Hancock | IL | M | Keokuk | vertebrates-fish(teeth)-chondrichthyes-selachii-Mesodmodus | IL0057 | 40.6361,-91.1672,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Eastern Hancock County | Hancock | IL | limestones in river banks | M | Keokuk | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks;vertebrates-fish(spines)(teeth) | IL0058 | 40.4093,-90.9283,,AIi14? | | | $* | ||||
Hamilton | Hancock | IL | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Echinoconchus | IL0059 | 40.3893,-91.3536,,AKm73 | | | *$IA0139,IL0060 | |||||||
Hamilton(oppKeokukIA) | Hancock | IL | Opposite Keokuk,Iowa | M | Keokuk | vertebrates-fish(teeth)-chondrichthyes-bradyodonti,Cladoselache,orodontidae-Orodus;petalodontae-Antliodus;selachii-holocephali-Cochliodus | IL0060 | 40.3893,-91.3536,,AKm73 | | | *$IA0139,IL0059 | ||||
Nauvoo | Hancock | IL | In area quarries | M | Keokuk | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda-spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa,cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids-Agaricocrinites,Platycrinus;;mollusks;vertebrates-fish(48 species?) | IL0062 | 40.5500,-91.3847,,AKm53 | | | $*IL0061 | ||||
Nauvoo | Hancock | IL | M | Keokuk | vertebrates-fish(teeth)-chondrichthyes-Cladoselache,selachii-holocephali-Cochliodus,Deltoptychius,Sandalodus | IL0061 | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Agaricocrinus originally Agaricocrinus | 40.5500,-91.3847,,AKm53 | | | $*IL0062 | ||||
Plymouth(NW-CochesterQry) | Hancock | IL | NW at old Colchester Quarry | invertebrates-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids | IL0063 | 40.3187,-90.9129,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Warsaw | Hancock | IL | In area Limestone quarries | CR | invertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa-Archimedes,Coscinium;cnidaria-conularia-Conularia;;echinoderms-crinoids-Cyathocrinites,Platycrinus,Rhodocrinites | IL0066 | Cyathocrinites originally Cyathocrinus,Rhodocrinites originally Rhodocrinus | 40.3592,-91.4344,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0064,IL0065 | ||||
Warsaw | Hancock | IL | M | invertebrates-bryozoa-Archimedes | IL0065 | 40.3592,-91.4344,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0064,IL0066 | ||||||
Warsaw | Hancock | IL | invertebrates-bryozoa-Archimedes | IL0064 | 40.3592,-91.4344,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0065,IL0066 | |||||||
Cave In Rock(HastieQry) | Hardin | IL | At Hastie's Quarry at junction between Levias and Renault formations | M | Paoli,Mooretown | invertebrates(debris)?-brachiopoda-Cleiothyridina,Composita;echinoderms(fragments)(abundant)-blastoidea-Diploblastus,Pentremites | IL0216 | Paleolist- 02/03/2008 08:19 PM | 37.4695,-88.1656,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0067 | |||
Cave in Rock(NW) | Hardin | IL | to NW-fossils replaced by flourite | M | invertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa,echinoderms-blastoidea | IL0067 | 37.4695,-88.1656,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0216 | |||||
Hardin County | Hardin | IL | Limestone outcrops | M | St Louis | invertebrates-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals(silicified)-rugosa-Lithostrotion;;;mollusks | IL0068 | 37.5272,-88.2573,,AJj24? | | | $* | ||||
Bald Bluff | Henderson | IL | In Limestone outcrops | Ml | Burlington Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Athyris,productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;;echinoderms-crinoids-Actinocrinites;;mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea | IL0069 | Actinocrinites originally Actinocrinus | 41.0184,-90.8532,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Biggsville | Henderson | IL | M | Burlington | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-chimaera-Deltodus;orodontidae-Orodus;petalodontae-Chomatodus,Petalodus;selachii(sharks)(teeth)-Cladodus | IL0218 | http://www.fossiliferous.co.uk/raysusa.htm | 40.8537,-90.8649,,AKm73 | | | $*IA0237 | ||||
Sagetown | Henderson | IL | Sagetown became Gladstone which is more or less extinct | Burlington | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0232 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 40.8447,-90.9772,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Atkinson(StripMines) | Henry | IL | marine faunas in abandoned strip mines | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Marginifera,(others);mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Dimorphoceras,Gonioceras;nautilidae-Cyrtolites,Endolobus;orthocerida-Michelinoceras;;gastropoda-Bembexia,Bucania,Cymatospira,Lunatia,Meekospira,Natica,Pharkidonotus,Planorbis,Straparollus,Trepospira,Viviparus | IL0070 | 41.4150,-89.9981,,AKl64 | | | $* | ||||||
Kewanee | Henry | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0230 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 41.2456,-89.9248,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
-(IL127-W) | Jackson | IL | in sandstone outcrops in streams and creeks W of IL127 | PN | Caseyville | plants-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron;pteridophyta-cycadopsida-Trigonocarpus;equisetales-Calamites;;Syringodendron | IL0076 | 37.7278,-89.3992,,AJj44 | | | *$IL0075,IL0290 | ||||
Carbondale | Jackson | IL | in Pennsylvanian coal shales | PN | invertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-Shansiella(pyritized) | IL0072 | 37.7272,-89.2167,,AKk43 | | | $*IL0073 | |||||
Carbondale | Jackson | IL | in strip mine in Energy shale adjacent to Herrin No 6 coal seam http://www.science.siu.edu/geology/big/paper.htm | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea(rare);;plants | IL0073 | 37.7272,-89.2167,,AKm43? | | | $*IL0072 | ||||
Grand Tower(N) | Jackson | IL | On N slope of 1.6km rocky ridge on E side of the Mississippi River running N from Grand Tower | D | Grand Tower | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Ceratocephala,Dalmanites | IL0279 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 37.6787,-89.4915,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Grand Tower(SpoilBanks) | Jackson | IL | in spoil banks from dredging | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0074 | 37.6264,-89.4978,,AKk43 | | | $* | ||||||
Murphysboro | Jackson | IL | PN | plants-gymnospermopsida-Sigillaria | IL0285 | Google Books A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in ... By J. Peter Lesley | 37.764,-89.335,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Murphysboro(S8) | Jackson | IL | 8km S in creekbeds W of Hwy127 in sandstones | PN | Caseyville | plants-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron;pteridophyta-cycadopsida-Trigonocarpus;equisetales-Calamites;;Syringodendron | IL0290 | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 37.6877,-89.3234,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0075,IL0076 | |||
Murphysboro(S8) | Jackson | IL | in creekbeds W of IL127 8km S | PNl | Caseyville Sandstone | plants-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron;pteridophyta-cycadopsida-Trigonocarpus;equisetales-Calamites;;Syringodendron | IL0075 | 37.6877,-89.3234,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0076,IL0290 | ||||
Falmouth(SE6) | Jasper | IL | SWVa, S15 T7N R3E. about 5.8km southeast of Falmouth (Falmouth Channel) | S | Racine | worms-annelida-polychaeta-Spirorbis | IL0267 | http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt | 39.0219,-88.1198,S15T7NR3E,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Mount Vernon(I64+I57E) | Jefferson | IL | Road cut on I64 E of I57 junction | M | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0286 | Original says I46 and Mount Pleasant. Neither seems very likely. various faunas-Permit required from the Illinois dept of Transportation | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 38.2743, -88.9021,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Grafton | Jersey | IL | Trilobites in area exposures | S | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene(others) | IL0296 | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas | 38.9681,-90.4214,,AKm74 | | | , | ||||
Grafton | Jersey | IL | S | Edgewood | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene | IL0078 | 38.9700,-90.4314,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0077,IL0079,IL0278 | |||||
Grafton | Jersey | IL | S | Racine | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene | IL0079 | 38.9700,-90.4314,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0077,IL0078,IL0278 | |||||
Grafton | Jersey | IL | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene | IL0077 | 38.9700,-90.4314,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0078,IL0079,IL0278 | |||||||
Grafton(IL100-JerseyHollow) | Jersey | IL | alongside IL100 at Jersey Hollow | M | Chouteau Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Breviphillipsia | IL0278 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 38.9701,-90.4373,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0077,IL0078,IL0079 | |||
Grafton(S8) | Jersey | IL | 8 km downstream | M | Kinderhook | invertebrates-brachiopoda(sparse)-Athyris,productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;;mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea(sparse) | IL0080 | 38.9541,-90.3608,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Cordova | Jo Daviess | IL | A variety of corals in area quarries | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals | IL0081 | 41.6803,-90.3189,,AKm43 | | | $*IL0082 | ||||||
Cordova | Jo Daviess | IL | In quarries and other Limestone exposures | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Astrocerium,Favosites,Halysites;;;porifera-stromatoporoidea-Stromatopora | IL0082 | 41.6803,-90.3189,,AKk43 | | | $*IL0081 | ||||
Council Hill | Jo Daviess | IL | invertebrates(rare) | O | Galena | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0224 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 42.4691,-90.3372,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
East Dubuque(Dunleith) | Jo Daviess | IL | =Dunleith, IL N of State Line Monument | O | Trenton | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Asaphus | IL0277 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 42.5101,-90.6345,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Elizabeth(TerrapinRidge-N) | Jo Daviess | IL | at N end of Terrapin Ridge in milky shales and clays | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes | IL0083 | 42.3178,-90.2214,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Hanover(dam) | Jo Daviess | IL | at dam in massive dolomite | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Lingula;mollusks-bivalvia,gastropoda | IL0084 | 42.2574,-90.2863,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Pleasant Valley Twp(SE1) | Jo Daviess | IL | 1 km SE in wall of Plum River Valley | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda | IL0086 | 42.2290,-90.0188,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Scales Mound | Jo Daviess | IL | invertebrates(abundant) in one bed with barite, pyrite and dolomite crystals in vugs | O | Galena | invertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0225 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 42.4758,-90.2529,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Vienna | Johnson | IL | adjacent to Interstate | M | Menard | invertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa,cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-blastoidea,crinoids;mollusks | IL0088 | www.science.siu.edu/geology/outreach/vienna.htm | 37.4229,-88.8751,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Vienna(SE4) | Johnson | IL | 4km SE | M | Glen Dean | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Kaskia | IL0284 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 37.3924,-88.8772,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
- | Kane | IL | In glacial drift | PE | vertebrates-mammals(bones)(teeth) | IL0089 | 41.9523,-88.4097,,AJj14 | | | $* | |||||
Bonfield | Kankakee | IL | S | Joliet Dolomite | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Arctinurus | IL0274 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.1468,-88.0582,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Kankakee | Kankakee | IL | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals | IL0220 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 41.1200,-87.8612,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Manteno(SW3) | Kankakee | IL | 2.5 km SW On S slope of hill | S | Racine | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Kirkidium | IL0090 | 41.2290,-87.8046,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
- | Kendall | IL | area exposures,Cincinnatian faunas | O | - | IL0096 | 41.5918,-88.4399,,AJj14 | | | $* | |||||
Bristol(BlackberryCk) | Kendall | IL | at mill dam on Blackberry Creek | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments);brachiopoda?,mollusks-bivalvia-Ambonychia;cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras | IL0091 | 41.6725,-88.4298,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Lisbon | Kendall | IL | In area quarries | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Orthis;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Zaphrentis;;;(others);plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0092 | 41.4814,-88.4822,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Oswego | Kendall | IL | area quarries and exposures | Sl | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Orthis,Strophomena;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Heterocrinus;;mollusks-cephalopoda-nautilidae-Nautilus;;gastropoda-pteropoda-tentaculitida | IL0094 | 41.6803,-88.3536,,AKk43 | | | *$IL0093,IL0229 | ||||
Oswego | Kendall | IL | invertebrates(?)(abundant) | O | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0229 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 41.6803,-88.3536,,AKk43 | | | *$IL0093,IL0094 | |||
Oswego(WaubonsieCk) | Kendall | IL | along Waubonsie Creek | Sl | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Orthis,Rhynchonella,Strophomena;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;mollusks-gastropoda-pteropoda-tentaculitida | IL0093 | 41.6862,-88.3491,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0094,IL0229 | ||||
Yorkville(SW) | Kendall | IL | below along river for 5 km in limestones | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Asaphus,Calymene | IL0095 | 41.6432,-88.4791,,AKk73 | | | *$IL0031,IL0035 | ||||||
Galesburg | Knox | IL | PN | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-elasmobranchii-symmoriida-Symmorium | IL0097 | 40.9472,-90.3687,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Wolf Covered Bridge(SpoonRiv) | Knox | IL | on Spoon River. invertebrates(marine) in a cutbank | PN | Carbondale | invertebrates | IL0098 | 40.8565,-90.1102,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
- | La Salle | IL | invertebrates(?)(abundant) | PN? | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0227 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 41.3415,-89.0912,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0100 | ||||
Jonesville(E-IL71) | La Salle | IL | E on Hwy71 in road cut | PN | LaSalle Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa,porifera-stromatoporoidea | IL0099 | 41.3141,-89.0642,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
LaSalle | La Salle | IL | in ironstone nodules-well preserved plants | PN | Mazon Creek | plants | IL0100 | 41.3415,-89.0912,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0227 | ||||
MarquetteCementCoQry | La Salle | IL | In Marquette Cement Co Quarry,S face in | PN | LaSalle Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;;vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)(teeth) | IL0102 | 41.331,-89.0193,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Oglesby(LoneStarQry) | La Salle | IL | at Lone Star Quarry | PN | invertebrates-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;mollusks-bivalvia;;vertebrates-fish(teeth) | IL0101 | 41.2955,-89.0595,,AKk43 | | | $* | |||||
Peru | La Salle | IL | invertebrates(abundant) in limestone | PN | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0239 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.3275,-89.1290,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Racine | Lake? | IL | In quarries and other Limestone exposures | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Astrocerium,Favosites,Halysites;;;porifera-stromatoporoidea-Stromatopora | IL0087 | There seems to be no Racine in Illinois. Assume this is Racine, WI | 42.7281,-87.7845,,AJj15 | | | *$WI0072,WI0073 | |||
Zion | Lake | IL | S | invertebrates-brachiopoda | IL0103 | 42.4455,-87.8316,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Dixon | Lee | IL | area quarries and RR cuts-casts of fossils | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene(rare);;brachiopoda-Lingula;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;mollusks-bivalvia-Ambonychia;cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda-Murchisonia;;;plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0106 | 41.8389,-89.4794,,AKk43 | | | *$IL0104,IL0105,IL0226 | ||||||
Dixon | Lee | IL | O | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Rafinesquina | IL0104 | 41.8389,-89.4794,,AKk43 | | | *$IL0105,IL0106,IL0128,IL0226 | ||||||
Dixon(NE) | Lee | IL | above town | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda-Leptaena,Orthis(abundant),Strophomena;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Favosites;;;echinoderms-crinoids-(encrinites) | IL0105 | 41.8389,-89.4794,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0104,IL0106,IL0226 | ||||||
Dixon(NE3) | Lee | IL | invertebrates(abundant) 3.2km NE in limestone | O | Trenton | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0226 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 41.8638,-89.4516,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0104,IL0105,IL0106 | |||
- | Livingston | IL | In ironstone nodules-well preserved plants | PN | Mazon Creek | plants | IL0111 | 40.9426,-88.5690,,AJj15 | | | $*IL0045 | ||||
Eppards Point Twp(Pontiac) | Livingston | IL | near Pontiac in quarry,Well preserved crinoids | PNu | Bond | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids | IL0107 | 40.7968,-88.6354,S19T27NR5E3D,AKm73 | | | *$IL0109,IL0110,IL0294 | ||||
Fairbury | Livingston | IL | in Pennsylvanian shales | PN | plants-gymnospermopsida-Sigillaria | IL0108 | 40.7472,-88.5147,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Pontiac(EppardsPtTwp) | Livingston | IL | at Eppards Point Township in quarry | PN | LaSalle Limestone | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids | IL0110 | 40.7968,-88.6354,S19T27NR5E3D,AKm73 | | | *$IL0107,IL0109,IL0294 | ||||
Pontiac(WagnerStoneCoQry) | Livingston | IL | In Pennsylvanian Bond Formation (LaSalle Limestone member) in Wagner Stone Co Quarry in Eppards Township.-Well Preserved crinoids | PN | Bond | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids | IL0109 | 40.8803,-88.6432,,AKm43 | | | *$IL0107,IL0110,IL0294 | ||||
Pontiac(WagnerStoneCoQry) | Livingston | IL | In Wagner Stone Company Quarry in Eppard's Point Township | PN | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids(columnals) | IL0294 | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 40.7968,-88.6354,S19T27NR5E3D,AKm73 | | | *$IL0107,IL0109,IL0110 | ||||
Lewistown | Logan | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0236 | An American Geological Railway Guide p211 | 40.3934,-90.1548,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Decatur | Macon | IL | PN | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-edestidae-Edestus | IL0112 | 39.8403,-88.9547,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Brighton(W2) | Macoupin | IL | Fossils in coal 2.4km W of RR station in roof shales of coal mines | PN | plants | IL0250 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 39.0389,-90.1665,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Carlinville | Macoupin | IL | rare fossils in limestone | PN | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0249 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 39.2798,-89.8818,,AKm43 | | | $*IL0113 | ||||
Carlinville | Macoupin | IL | M | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae-Haplolepis?;;chondrichthyes-chimaera-Deltodus;petalodontae-Petalodus;Petrodus,selachii-Cladodus,holocephali-Helodus,Listracanthus,Sandalodus | IL0113 | 39.2798,-89.8818,,AKm43 | | | $*IL0249 | ||||||
Alton | Madison | IL | Fossils in limestone | St Louis | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0251 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.8906,-90.1842,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0114,IL0115,IL0263 | ||||
Alton | Madison | IL | In area outcrops and quarries | M | invertebrates-brachiopoda-productida-Productus;Retzia,Rhynchonella;cnidaria-conularia-Conularia;corals-rugosa-Lithostrotion;;;echinoderms-blastoidea-Pentremites;;mollusks-bivalvia-Allorisma;gastropoda-Bellerophon | IL0115 | 38.8906,-90.1842,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0114,IL0251,IL0263 | |||||
Alton | Madison | IL | In private quarry-Permission Required | O | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | IL0287 | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 38.88,-90.05,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0116 | ||||
Alton | Madison | IL | in quarry | O | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | IL0116 | 38.88,-90.05,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0287 | |||||
Alton | Madison | IL | M | St Louis | vertebrates-fish(teeth)(spines)-chondrichthyes-chimaera-Polyrhizodus;elasmobranchii-Stethacanthus;Harpacanthus,petalodontae-Dactylodus,Petalodus;psammodontidae-Psammodus;selachii-Acondylacanthus,Amelacanthus?,Asteroptychius,Bythiacanthus,Cladodus,Coelosteus,Ctenacanthus,holocephali-Sandalodus;;;sarcopterygii-Rhizodus | IL0114 | Amelacanthus originally entered as Amacanthus | 38.8906,-90.1842,,AKm43 | | | *$IL0115,IL0251,IL0263 | ||||
Alton | Madison | IL | PN | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-edestidae-Edestus | IL0263 | http://www.npl.utexas.edu/vpl/databases/index.php | 38.8906,-90.1842,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0114,IL0115,IL0251 | |||||
LeClaire(Edwardsville) | Madison | IL | In quarries and other Limestone exposures | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Pentamerus;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Astrocerium,Favosites,Halysites;;;porifera-stromatoporoidea-Stromatopora | IL0085 | LeClaire is a district in the town of Edwardsville | 38.7995,-89.9487,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Central City | Marion | IL | In shelly limestone | CR | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0221 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 38.5482,-89.1280,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0117 | ||||
Centralia | Marion | IL | PN | Centralia Limestone | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Acanthopecten | IL0117 | 38.5250,-89.1333,,AKm53? | | | $*IL0221 | |||||
Centralia(CrookedCk) | Marion | IL | At Crooked Creek | PN | Altamont | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Acanthopecten | IL0210 | http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 | 38.5388,-89.1932,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Colchester | McDonough | IL | on coal mine dumps | plants | IL0118 | 40.4264,-90.7925,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0233 | ||||||
Colchester | McDonough | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0233 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 40.4264,-90.7925,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0118 | ||||
Coleman(S-rr) | McDonough | IL | S in RR cuts-well preserved fossils | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Phillipsia;;brachiopoda-Hemipronites,spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa-Archimedes;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Zaphrentis;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Actinocrinites,Agaricocrinus,Barycrinus;;;vertebrates-fish(teeth) | IL0119 | There does not seem to be a Coleman in Illinois. Actinocrinites originally Actinocrinus | 39.4783,-88.1764,,AKm36? | | | $* | |||||
Greenview | Menard | IL | In bituminous shale between Fort Scott Limestone and underlying coal | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Euchondria | IL0120 | 40.0831,-89.7381,,AKm63 | | | $*IL0211 | ||||||
Greenview | Menard | IL | in shale Roof of Greenview coal mine | PN | Fort Scott Limestone | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Euchondria | IL0211 | http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 | 40.0831,-89.7381,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0120 | |||
Petersburg | Menard | IL | Abundant coal measures fossils | PN | invertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0252 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 40.0117,-89.8482,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Matherville | Mercer | IL | plants-lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron | IL0121 | 41.2614,-90.6111,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||||
Columbia(E2) | Monroe | IL | 2 km E in Limestone quarries | invertebrates-bryozoa,cnidaria-corals | IL0122 | 38.4436,-90.1823,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Columbia(E7) | Monroe | IL | Numerous fossils 7.2km E in outcrop | St Louis | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0255 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.4416,-90.1298,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Salt Lick Point(Valmeyer) | Monroe | IL | In river bluffs | Ml | Burlington Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda,echinoderms-crinoids(fragments) | IL0123 | Salt Like Point is a nature preserve in the town of Valmeyer,IL | 38.3000,-90.3069,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Valmeyer(E8-IL156) | Monroe | IL | Overgrown road cut 8km E of on IL156 | ? | IL0124 | 38.3258,-90.1983,,AKm73? | | | *$IA0245,IL0127,IL0256 | ||||||
Waterloo(E2) | Monroe | IL | 2 km E in Limestone above sandstone beds | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Goniatites;nautilidae-Nautilus;orthocerida-Orthoceras | IL0126 | 38.3376,-90.1217,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0257 | ||||||
Waterloo(S4) | Monroe | IL | 4km S of RR station | Chester | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0257 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.3088,-90.1466,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0126 | ||||
Waterloo(SE16) | Monroe | IL | 16 km SE in 'Portland Quarries' | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0125 | 38.2485,-90.0750,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Waterloo(SW3-IL156+FountainCk) | Monroe | IL | 3.2km SW at IL156 bridge over Fountain Creek | Mu | St Genevieve | worms-annelida-polychaeta-Spirorbis | IA0245 | http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt | 38.3262,-90.1964,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0124,IL0127,IL0256 | |||
Waterloo(W3-FountainCk) | Monroe | IL | On Fountain Creek 3.2km W of RR station | St Louis | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0256 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.3248,-90.1847,,AKm73? | | | *$IA0245,IL0124,IL0127 | ||||
Waterloo(W4-FountainCk) | Monroe | IL | 4 km W on Fountain Creek in Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Hemipronites,Rhynchonella,terebratulida-Terebratula;;echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks-bivalvia-Nuculana,Yoldia?;gastropoda-Straparollus;scaphopoda-Dentalium | IL0127 | 38.3297,-90.1972,,AKm73? | | | *$IA0245,IL0124,IL0256 | ||||||
Polo | Ogle | IL | In area Limestone exposures-Orthoceras to 23cm in diameter and 3 meters in length | PN? | Blue Creek(?) | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras | IL0128 | Possibly the Pennsylvanian Blue Creek Coal? | 41.9861,-89.5793,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0104,IL0129 | |||
Polo(PineCk) | Ogle | IL | along Pine Creek | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0129 | 41.9860,-89.6030,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0128 | ||||||
Kickapoo Valley(Peoria-E) | Peoria | IL | In Limestone quarries on S side in s14t8nr7e 40.6734 89.6706 E of Peoria Airport | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Athyris,Retzia,spiriferida-Spirifer;;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Chaetetes;;;mollusks-gastropoda-Platystoma | IL0130 | 40.6734,-89.6706,s14t8nr7e,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Kingston(SW-LancasterLdg) | Peoria | IL | 2 km downstream at Lancaster Landing in coal mine dumps | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Athyris,Discina,Lingula;cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids(fragments);mollusks-bivalvia-Aviculopecten;gastropoda-Pleurotomaria;;;vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-Petrodus,selachii-holocephali-Listracanthus | IL0131 | Original location is 'Kingstone'. Closest match is 'Kingston Mines' | 40.5529,-89.8053,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Peoria | Peoria | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0240 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 40.6936,-89.5890,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
DuQuoin | Perry | IL | Well preserved tree ferns | PN | plants-(tree ferns) | IL0212 | http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf | 38.0135,-89.2361,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0132 | ||||
Perry County(area) | Perry | IL | county wide on coal mine dumps and other exposures of coal measures | invertebrates-brachiopoda,echinoderms-crinoids;;plants | IL0132 | 38.0833,-89.3667,,AJj14 | | | *$IL0212 | ||||||
Griggsville Landing | Pike | IL | In Limestone outcrops and quarries | M | Burlington Limestone | invertebrates(abundant)-arthropoda-trilobita-Phillipsia;;brachiopoda-Orthis,productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;Strophomena;bryozoa-Evactinopora,Lyropora;echinoderms-crinoids-Agaricocrinus,Platycrinus;;mollusks-gastropoda-Euomphalus | IL0133 | 39.6969,-90.6475,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Bay City | Pope | IL | Well preserved tree ferns | PN | plants-(tree ferns) | IL0213 | http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf | 37.2489,-88.4967,,AKm73 | | | $*KY0111 | ||||
Lusk Creek? | Pope | IL | at crossing of the Marion road s21.16t12r6 in sandstone ledges in Limestone 37.4688 88.8455 On Lusk Creek(?) about 5km SE of Eddyville should be t12sr6EIL,P3 | M | Chester | invertebrates-brachiopoda-productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer,Spiriferina;;bryozoa-Archimedes | IL0134 | Google Maps puts Lusk Creek near Glocanda Marina about 40 km SE | 37.4688,-88.8455,s2116t12r6,AKm74? | | | $* | |||
Olmstead | Pulaski | IL | In 6m of sand and clay -- generally only a few poorly preserved molds in surface exposures. Reported species are apparently from a clay pit since reclaimed | EP | Clayton | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda;;bryozoa,mollusks(40_species);vertebrates-fish(rare)(teeth)(scales) | IL0197 | http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:vLt7J-fUoeAJ:www.science.siu.edu/geology/people/utgaard/Copeetal.pdf+clayton+Illinois+survival&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us | 37.1742,-89.0864,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0135 | |||
Olmstead | Pulaski | IL | In quarry of cat litter plant-two crocodile teeth | EP | Clayton | vertebrates-reptilia(teeth)-crocodilia,turtles-Trionyx | IL0135 | 37.1742,-89.0864,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0197 | ||||
Camp Creek | Randolph | IL | M | Okaw | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Kaskia | IL0283 | Lots of Camp Creeks in IL | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 38.0756,-89.96,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0139,IL0140 | |||
Chester | Randolph | IL | in area quarries and excavations in limestones | M | Chester | invertebrates-brachiopoda-spiriferida-Spirifer;;bryozoa-Archimedes,Lyropora;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Zaphrentis;;;echinoderms-blastoidea-Pentremites;crinoids(plates)-Agassizocrinus,Zeacrinites;;;plants | IL0138 | Zeacrinites originally Zeacrinus | 37.9136,-89.8219,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0136,IL0137 | |||
Chester | Randolph | IL | invertebrates-echinoderms-blastoidea-Pentremites | IL0136 | 37.9136,-89.8219,,AKm53? | | | *$IL0137,IL0138 | |||||||
Chester(E1) | Randolph | IL | 1 km E in Limestone in quarry-Nautilus to 50cm | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-nautilidae-Nautilus | IL0137 | 37.9269,-89.8070,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0136,IL0138 | ||||||
Evansville | Randolph | IL | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Diaphragmus | IL0139 | 38.0903,-89.9383,,AKm43 | | | *$IL0140,IL0283 | |||||||
Evansville | Randolph | IL | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Diaphragmus | IL0140 | 38.0903,-89.9383,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0139,IL0283 | |||||||
Gravel Creek(Chester-N7) | Randolph | IL | 6-8 km N of Chester | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Allorisma,Myalina,Schizodus | IL0141 | 37.9492,-89.7692,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Marigold | Randolph | IL | 800m S S29T5SR8W | M | Okaw | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Kaskia | IL0282 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 38.0689,-90.0084,S29T5SR8W,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Prairie de Rocher(N2) | Randolph | IL | 2 km above in Limestone exposures | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Hemipronites,spiriferida-Spirifer;;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Lithostrotion;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Platycrinus | IL0143 | 38.0994,-90.1097,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Red Bud(N4-PrairieDuLoup) | Randolph | IL | Numerous fossils in outcrop 4kmN on Prarie du Loup | Chester | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0258 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.2452,-89.9979,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Sparta | Randolph | IL | invertebrates(abundant) in limestones over coal | invertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0259 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.1231,-89.7018,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Hampton(S2) | Rock Island | IL | 2 km below in gray Limestone along Rock and Mississippi Rivers to S of County Line | D | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Orthis,spiriferida-Spirifer;;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Acervularia,Phillipsastraea | IL0144 | 41.5315,-90.4225,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Milan | Rock Island | IL | Collinson Quarry near junction of Hwy 67 and Hwy 92.-fossils-;Clear calcite | D | Cedar Valley | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Atrypa,Dielasma,Pentamerella,Platyrachella,productida-Productella;Spinocyrtia,spiriferida-Spirifer;Stropheodonta;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Hexagonaria,Phillipsastraea,Zaphrentis;tabulata-Cladopora,Favosites,Striatopora,Syringopora | IL0146 | Confusing. Hwy 67 and 92 meet in Rock Island a few km N of Milan. There is no evidence of a quarry near the junction. Lat lon is a large quarry in Milan. | 41.4368,-90.5599,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0145,IL0295 | |||
Milan(ColinsonQry) | Rock Island | IL | Colinson Quarry | D | Cedar Valley | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Phacops;;cnidaria-anthozoa;mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0145 | 41.4368,-90.5599,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0146,IL0295 | ||||
Milan(ColinsonQry) | Rock Island | IL | Colinson Quarry. Vertebrate found in Pennsylvanian Crevice Fill in Devonian limestone | PN | vertebrates | IL0295 | 41.4368,-90.5599,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0145,IL0146 | |||||
Moline(W) | Rock Island | IL | In shale and limestone outcrops between Moline and Rock Island | D | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0241 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.5101,-90.5447,,AKm53 | | | $*IL0147 | ||||
Rock Island(FryxellMus) | Rock Island | IL | George Fryxell Geology Museum, Augustana College,639 38th Street, Rock Island, Ill., 61201, 800-798-8100,309-794-7000. 20000 items in geology collection -- 500 on display including at least one dinosaur mount | IL0304 | https://www.augustana.edu/locations/fryxell-geology-museum | 41.5030,-90.5510,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Rock Island(area) | Rock Island | IL | In area Limestone quarries | D | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Atrypa,Orthis,Strophomena;cnidaria-corals(cyathophylloid) | IL0147 | 41.5113,-90.5797,,AKm53? | | | *$IA0217,IA0218,IL0241 | |||||
Ralls Ford(N2) | Sangamon | IL | 1.6km N | O | Kimmswick Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Ameura | IL0272 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 39.8616,-89.6697,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Springfield | Sangamon | IL | plants(abundant) in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants(abundant) | IL0248 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 39.8022,-89.6419,,AKk33? | | | *$IL0149 | ||||
Springfield(ILStMus) | Sangamon | IL | Illinois State Museum-Springfield, 502 S. Spring Street, Springfield, IL,(217)782-7386. General museum with fossils. Research Collections 200,000 geology items including invertebrate and vertebrate (mostly late Pleistocene) specimens. Also Carboniferous fossils. Free Admission | IL0299 | http://www.illinoisstatemuseum.org | 39.7976,-89.6664,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Springfield(NW10) | Sangamon | IL | 10 km NW | invertebrates(75_species)-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Syringopora;;;mollusks-gastropoda-Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria | IL0148 | 39.9179,-89.6517,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Springfield(S-SugarCk) | Sangamon | IL | S on Sugar Creek | invertebrates(75_species)-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Syringopora;;;mollusks-gastropoda-Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria | IL0149 | 39.7605,-89.5993,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0150,IL0248 | ||||||
Springfield(SugarCk-StatehouseQry) | Sangamon | IL | on Sugar Creek in fossiliferous Limestone in State House Quarry | CR | invertebrates-brachiopoda-productida-Productus;;;vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-petalodontae-Chomatodus,Petalodus;selachii-holocephali-Sandalodus | IL0150 | 39.7534,-89.6061,,AKm53? | | | $*IL0149 | |||||
Virden | Sangamon | IL | In area quarries | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Syringopora;;;(others) | IL0151 | 39.5008,-89.7678,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Rushville | Schuyler | IL | plants in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants | IL0237 | An American Geological Railway Guide p211 | 40.1212,-90.5632,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Schuyler County | Schuyler | IL | In area quarries-fossils in large concretions in shale | CR | Des Moines | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Chonetes,productida-Productus;;mollusks-bivalvia-Aviculopecten,Cardiomorpha;cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Goniatites | IL0152 | 40.1621,-90.6125,,AJj14 | | | $* | ||||
Glasgow(S) | Scott | IL | In bluffs on E side of river S to mason's Landing | Ml | Burlington Limestone | invertebrates-brachiopoda(abundant)-productida-Productus;spiriferida-Spirifer;;mollusks-gastropoda-Euomphalus | IL0153 | 39.3711,-90.5462,,AJj14? | | | $* | ||||
Shelbyville | Shelby | IL | NW 1/2 SW 1/4 sec. 15 T 11N R4E | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-Listracanthus | IL0200 | 39.3906,-88.7512,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Belleville | St Clair | IL | In area coal mine dumps | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Leda;gastropoda-Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Naticopsis | IL0155 | 38.5200,-89.9839,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0154 | ||||||
Belleville | St Clair | IL | PN | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-edestidae-Edestus | IL0154 | 38.5200,-89.9839,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0155 | ||||||
Caseyville | St Clair | IL | In area Limestone exposures | CR | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Athyris,spiriferida-Spirifer;;mollusks-cephalopoda,gastropoda-Bellerophon,Macrocheilus | IL0157 | 38.6367,-90.0256,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0156,IL0158 | |||||
Caseyville | St Clair | IL | In area coal mine dumps | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Leda;gastropoda-Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Naticopsis | IL0158 | 38.6367,-90.0256,,AKm43 | | | *$IL0156,IL0157 | ||||||
Caseyville | St Clair | IL | PN | Caseyville Limestone | invertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-Straparollus | IL0156 | 38.6367,-90.0256,,AKm43 | | | *$IL0157,IL0158 | |||||
Pittsburg | St Clair | IL | In area coal mine dumps | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Leda;gastropoda-Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Naticopsis | IL0159 | 37.7770,-88.8498,,AKm43 | | | $* | ||||||
Richland Creek(WFork) | St Clair | IL | along West Fork NE corner of t2sr9w | M | invertebrates-brachiopoda-spiriferida-Spirifer,Spiriferina;;bryozoa-Archimedes;echinoderms-blastoidea-Pentremites | IL0160 | 38.3876,-90.0516,t2sr9w,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Urbana(E1-JacksRun) | St Clair | IL | at Jack's Run 1 km E of town 1 km above junction with Silver Creek in clayey shale | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-nautilidae-Nautilus;;gastropoda-Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria,Polyphemopsis | IL0161 | 40.1141,-88.1704,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||||
-(S part of county) | Stephenson | IL | In mounds in Southern part of county Limestones capped by 30m of shales capped by Niagara Limestone | O-S | Trenton,Niagaran | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0264 | Science Vol XXII No 558 | 42.2529,-89.6251,,AJj14 | | | *$IL0162,IL0163,IL0164 | |||
Cedarville | Stephenson | IL | In area quarries-casts | invertebrates-brachiopoda;plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0162 | 42.3758,-89.6331,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0264 | ||||||
Freeport | Stephenson | IL | In area quarries-casts | invertebrates-brachiopoda;plants-algae-Receptaculites | IL0163 | 42.2967,-89.6211,,AKm43 | | | $*IL0264 | ||||||
Loran | Stephenson | IL | on area hillsides | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Favosites,Halysites | IL0164 | 42.2557,-89.7942,,AKm53 | | | $*IL0264 | ||||
Winslow | Stephenson | IL | In area quarries-casts of Pleurotomaria,Orthoceras to 2 meters | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Cypricardites,Tellinomya;cephalopoda-oncocerida-Oncoceras;orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda-Pleurotomaria | IL0165 | Oncoceras entered as Onococeras | 42.4925,-89.7922,,AKm43 | | | $* | |||||
Anna | Union | IL | rare fossils in limestone quarries | St Louis | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals;mollusks | IL0223 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 37.4603,-89.2469,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0166 | ||||
Anna | Union | IL | M | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids;;vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)(spines)-Ctenacanthus | IL0166 | Unable to identify a 'Glocanda' formation | 37.4603,-89.2469,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0223 | |||||
Anna?(Durand-IL75) | Union | IL | Along IL75 to Durand. IL75 doesn't go through Anna but does go near Durand. Durand is near the Wisconsin border whereas Anna is in extreme SW IL. | ? | IL0167 | 37.4599,-89.2468,,AKk45? | | | $* | ||||||
Anna(I57+IL146) | Union | IL | at intersection of IL146 and I-57 (Permit from Illinois Dept of Transportation required) | M | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0181 | Originally Mt Pleasant.Whiteside County | 37.4490,-89.1438,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0182 | ||||
Anna(IL146) | Union | IL | in Road cut on IL146 E of I57 (May require IDOT permit) | M | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0182 | Originally I46, Mt Pleasant, Whiteside County | 37.4490,-89.1438,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0181 | ||||
Cobden | Union | IL | rare fossils in shales below conglomerate | Chester | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0222 | An American Geological Railway Guide p209 | 37.5314,-89.2534,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Darty Creek | Union | IL | M | Darty Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Griffithidella | IL0281 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 37.4897,-89.2982,S11T12SR2W,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Jonesboro(W5) | Union | IL | rare fossils in St Louis limestone 4.8km W | D-M | Hamilton,St Louis | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0260 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 37.4610,-89.3180,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Jonesboro(WillardLdgRd) | Union | IL | along road to Willards Landing in limestones | D | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Calymene;;brachiopoda-Strophomena;cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda-Platyceras | IL0168 | 37.4578,-89.2837,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Danville | Vermilion | IL | In nodules in coal seams | invertebrates-brachiopoda,mollusks-bivalvia-Aviculopecten,Entolium,Lima,Sanguinolites,Solenomya;;;vertebrates-fish(scales) | IL0169 | 40.1244,-87.6300,,AKm43? | | | *$IL0202,IL0219 | ||||||
Danville | Vermilion | IL | fossilized forest above Herrin coal bed in strip mines,Complete ecosystem preserved | PN | - | IL0202 | 40.1244,-87.6300,,AKk33? | | | *$IL0169,IL0219 | |||||
Danville | Vermilion | IL | CR | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0219 | An American Geological Railway Guide p200 | 40.1244,-87.6300,,AKk33? | | | *$IL0169,IL0202 | |||||
Georgetown(SE4) | Vermilion | IL | 4.8km below in NE corner s3t17nr11w in coal seams 39.9627 87.5884 3.5km ESE of Georgetown | invertebrates,plants(diverse) | IL0171 | 39.9627,-87.5884,s3t17nr11w,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Vermilion County(Epart) | Vermilion | IL | In Limestone quarries in E part of County | invertebrates(abundant)-brachiopoda-Athyris,Hemipronites,productida-Productus;Retzia,spiriferida-Spirifer,Spiriferina;;bryozoa,cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Cyathaxonia;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Zeacrinites | IL0173 | Zeacrinites originally Zeacrinus | 40.1411,-87.6105,,AJj14? | | | $* | |||||
Vermilion County(SaltFork) | Vermilion | IL | In Limestone quarries along Salt Fork | invertebrates(abundant)-brachiopoda-Athyris,Hemipronites,productida-Productus;Retzia,spiriferida-Spirifer,Spiriferina;;bryozoa,cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Cyathaxonia;;;echinoderms-crinoids-Zeacrinites | IL0172 | Zeacrinites originally Zeacrinus | 40.1037,-87.7177,,AKk43 | | | $* | |||||
Monmouth | Warren | IL | in Sonora Sandstone member | M | Keokuk,Warsaw | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0175 | 40.9092,-90.6431,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Monmouth(N3) | Warren | IL | 3.2km N in outcrop | Burlington | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0231 | An American Geological Railway Guide p210 | 40.9471,-90.6461,,AKm73? | | | $*IL0174 | ||||
Monmouth(N6-IL67) | Warren | IL | 5-6 km N on Hwy 67 in Quarry | M | Burlington Limestone | invertebrates-echinoderms-blastoidea,crinoids | IL0174 | 40.9606,-90.6406,,AKk73? | | | $*IL0231 | ||||
Marissa Mine(PeabodyMine) | Washington | IL | At Peabody coal mine in Mecca fauna | PN | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-Caseodus | IL0179 | 38.2413,-89.6757,S29T3SR5W,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Carmi | White | IL | Well preserved tree ferns | PN | Bond,Mattoon | plants-pteridophyta(tree ferns) | IL0214 | http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf | 38.0908,-88.1586,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Grayville | White | IL | invertebrates(abundant) in ferruginous shales | PN | invertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0261 | An American Geological Railway Guide p213 | 38.2575,-87.9936,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Morrison(NE8) | Whiteside | IL | 8 km NE | plants-algae-Cryptozoon | IL0180 | 41.8622,-89.8812,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Sterling | Whiteside | IL | Su | Niagara Falls Limestone | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals(abundant)-tabulata-Favosites,Halysites,Syringopora;;;porifera-stromatoporoidea-Stromatopora | IL0183 | Sterling,Indiana is in Fountain County | 41.7911,-89.6939,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Braidwood | Will | IL | at Mazonia-Braidwood conservation Area. Permit from The Mazon Creek Project,NE,Illinois University,Dept. Earth Sciences, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave.,Chicago,IL, 60625 - to obtain a free permit. A few fossiliferous ironstone concretions | PN | - | IL0184 | 41.2124,-88.2733,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0045,IL0209,IL0247 | |||||
Braidwood | Will | IL | plants(abundant) in roof seam of coal bed | CR | plants(abundant) | IL0246 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.2650,-88.2122,,AKm73 | | | $*IL0049 | ||||
Channahon(DesPlainesRiv) | Will | IL | Along Des Plaines River | S | Edgewood | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Cyphaspis | IL0280 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.4247,-88.2140,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Joliet | Will | IL | In area | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0244 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.5230,-88.0829,,AKm44 | | | *$IL0185,IL0186,IL0275 | |||
Joliet | Will | IL | in quarry large complete straight and loosely coiled cephalopoda | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0186 | 41.5230,-88.0829,,AKm53 | | | *$IL0185,IL0244,IL0275 | ||||||
Joliet | Will | IL | S | Joliet Dolomite | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Arctinurus,Calymene | IL0275 | http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt | 41.5230,-88.0829,,AKm54 | | | *$IL0185,IL0186,IL0244 | ||||
Joliet(Francey'sQry) | Will | IL | at Francey's Quarry | S | Racine | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | IL0185 | 41.5230,-88.0829,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0186,IL0244,IL0275 | ||||
Kankakee River | Will | IL | In river bluffs | O | Cincinnatian | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Rhynchonella | IL0187 | 41.2281,-88.0686,,AKm74? | | | $* | ||||
Lockport | Will | IL | In area | S | Niagaran | invertebrates-mollusks | IL0243 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.5895,-88.0578,,AKk54? | | | $* | |||
Wilmington | Will | IL | Area exposures of flinty sandstone above light blue shaley Limestone | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments);brachiopoda-Leptaena,Orthis,Rhynchonella,Strophomena;bryozoa,cnidaria-corals;echinoderms-crinoids(fragments);mollusks-cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda-pteropoda-tentaculitida | IL0188 | 41.3070,-88.1467,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0245,IL0268 | ||||||
Wilmington | Will | IL | abundant Cincinnatian fossils | O | invertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopoda | IL0245 | An American Geological Railway Guide p212 | 41.3070,-88.1467,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0188,IL0268 | ||||
Wilmington(FossilRockRecArea) | Will | IL | plants and invertebrate fossils in concretions. 24615 West Strip Mine Road? Nominal fee charged | P | Braidwood,Essex | invertebrates,plants | IL0298 | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas | 41.3004,-88.2059,,AKm74 | | | , | |||
Wilmington(KnakakeeRiv) | Will | IL | On banks of Kankakee River | O | Maquoketa | invertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-pteropoda-tentaculitida-Cornulites(tube worms) | IL0268 | http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt | 41.3070,-88.1467,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0188,IL0245 | |||
Wilmington?(Lone Star#3) | Will? | IL | Lone Star Pit #3 | PN | Braidwood? | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids;;plants? | IL0204 | http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf | 41.2972,-88.1877,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
- | Will|Grundy | IL | PN | Carbondale | vertebrates-fish | IL0189 | 41.2510,-88.2436,,AJj14 | | | $*IL0049 | |||||
Durand(E-IL75) | Winnebago | IL | E on IL75 | O | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Cremacrinus,Cupulocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Merocrinus | IL0190 | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Merocrinus originally entered as Mecocrinus | http://www.jstor.org/pss/1315551 | 42.4192,-89.2835,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0194 | |||
Rockford | Winnebago | IL | Along highway leading into town | invertebrates-brachiopoda,echinoderms-crinoids | IL0192 | 42.2713,-89.0940,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0191,IL0194 | ||||||
Rockford | Winnebago | IL | O | Grand Detour | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,bryozoa | IL0191 | 42.2707,-89.0895,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0192,IL0194 | |||||
Rockford(BurpeeMusum) | Winnebago | IL | Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford IL,61103 (815) 965-3433 Natural history exhibits. Admission Fee | IL0300 | https:burpee.org | 42.2774,-89.0885,,AKm71 | | | , | ||||||
Rockford(IL2) | Winnebago | IL | Between Rockford and Rockton on Hwy 2 | O | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Cupulocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Merocrinus | IL0288 | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Merocrinus originally entered as Mecocrinus | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 42.3487,-89.0785,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0193,IL0194,IL0196 | |||
Rockford(IL2) | Winnebago | IL | on IL2 toward Rockton | O | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Cremacrinus,Cupulocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Merocrinus | IL0193 | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Merocrinus originally entered as Mecocrinus | 42.3487,-89.0785,,AKm73? | | | *$IL0194,IL0196,IL0288 | ||||
Rockford(IL75) | Winnebago | IL | Between Rockford(Rockton?) and Durand on Hwy 75 | O | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Cupulocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Merocrinus | IL0289 | IL75 goes from Durand to Rockton, not Rockford. Merocrinus originally entered as Mecocrinus? | http://planetdinosaur.com/fossils/states/illinois.htm | 42.4244,-89.1396,,AKm73 | | | *$IL0194 | |||
Rockford(N-IL2/W-IL75) | Winnebago | IL | on IL2 to N and IL75 W to Durand | O | Dunleith,Eagle Point | ? | IL0194 | 42.2769,-89.1267,,AJj14? | | | *$IL0009,IL0190,IL0191,IL0192,IL0193,IL0195,IL0196,IL0288,IL0289 | ||||
Rockton | Winnebago | IL | In buff Limestone in area quarries | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Orthis,Strophomena;cnidaria-corals(fragments);mollusks-bivalvia-Ambonychia,Tellinomya;cephalopoda-nautilidae-Cyrtoceras,Lituites;orthocerida-Orthoceras;;gastropoda-Murchisonia,Pleurotomaria;;(zoophytes) | IL0195 | 42.4525,-89.0722,,AJj43? | | | *$IL0194,IL0196 | ||||||
Rockton area(S-IL2) | Winnebago | IL | Along IL2 toward Rockford | O | Dunleith | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Cremacrinus,Cupulocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Merocrinus | IL0196 | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids-Merocrinus originally entered as Mecocrinus | 42.4525,-89.0722,,AJj43 | | | *$IL0193,IL0194,IL0195,IL0288 |
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