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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Diamond Pt(?) | (?) | RI | invertebrates(marine) | RI0019 | Diamond Point appears to be a town in Warren County NY. Lat Lon is Diamond Hill State Park in NE Rhode Island | 42.0021,-71.415,,AHm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Bristol | Bristol | RI | Commercial specimens | CR | Narragansett | plants-pteridophyta-Annularia | RI0002 | 41.6769,-71.2667,,AHm53 | | | $*RI0001 | ||||
Bristol | Bristol | RI | invertebrates(marine) | RI0001 | 41.6769,-71.2667,,AHl43 | | | $*RI0002 | |||||||
Conanicut Island | Newport | RI | On E side of Conanicut Island in lower two members of in phyllitic rocks | Cm | Jamestown | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments)-Badulesia,Paradoxides | RI0003 | 41.4969,-71.3678,,AHl73 | | | *$RI0005,RI0021,RI0022 | ||||
Conanicut Island(WShore) | Newport | RI | On W shore 600m S of Jamestown Bridge in schists | PN | Rhode Island | plants-pteridophyta-(ferns) | RI0022 | http://www.archive.org/stream/guidebook63newe/guidebook63newe_djvu.txt | 41.5219,-71.3902,,AHm73 | | | $*RI0003 | |||
Narragansett basin | Newport? | RI | Area exposures around Narragansett Bay | PN | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta(occasional);;plants | RI0011 | Exposures over large area. Mines at Cranston, Valley Falls, Fenner's Ledge (Providence), Portsmouth, Mansfield-MA, | Rhode Island Coal-https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0615/report.pdf | 41.7535,-71.3484,,AHi24 | | | $* | |||
Newport | Newport | RI | Along shore to South and East - good section of Carboniferous rocks | CR | plants(coal)? | RI0021 | An American Geological Railway Guide p102 | 41.4900,-71.3303,,AHk33 | | | *$RI0003,RI0005 | ||||
Newport | Newport | RI | In outcrops of distorted shale near Pirate Cave | Cl | Pirate Cave | invertebrates-hyolitha | RI0005 | 41.4900,-71.32,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0003,RI0021 | ||||
Newport Basin | Newport | RI | Cl | invertebrates-mollusks | RI0006 | 41.6,-71.3547,,AHj34 | | | $* | ||||||
Newport(Corys Lane) | Newport | RI | At end of Cory's Lane in shales below high tide line | PN | plants | RI0004 | Tide tables are available on the internet from sources such as https://www.tideschart.com/(worldwide) and https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov(US,AK,HI) | 41.6012,-71.2766,,AHm73 | | | $*RI0009 | ||||
Portsmouth | Newport | RI | commercial specimens | CR | Narragansett | plants-gymnospermopsida-Alethopteris;pteridophyta-Pecopteris | RI0007 | 41.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0008,RI0010 | ||||
Portsmouth | Newport | RI | in low shale cliffs | invertebrates-mollusks | RI0010 | 41.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0007,RI0008 | ||||||
Portsmouth | Newport | RI | PN | plants-angiosperms-Typha(cattails);pteridophyta-(ferns);(others) | RI0008 | 41.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0007,RI0010 | ||||||
Portsmouth(CoalMineRRStation) | Newport | RI | Coal mines at Coal Mine RR Station | plants(coal) | RI0020 | Unable to find this. Probably NW of Portsmouth? | An American Geological Railway Guide p101 | 41.6221,-71.2645,,AHm73? | | | $* | ||||
Portsmouth(CorysLane) | Newport | RI | Along shore at the end of Corey's Lane in shale. more than a dozen taxa of plants | PN | plants | RI0009 | 41.6012,-71.2766,,AHm73 | | | $*RI0004 | |||||
Portsmouth(CorysLane) | Newport | RI | In beach gravels and anthracite coal exposures in low shore bank, 1.6km W of junction of Corys Lane and RI114. Collecting at low tide | P | Rhode Island | plants-Calamites,Odontopteris,Pecopteris | RI0029 | Tide tables are available on the internet from sources such as https://www.tideschart.com/(worldwide) and https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov(US,AK,HI) | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas | 41.6011,-71.2767,,AKm72 | | | , | ||
College Hill | Providence | RI | Many plants collected during tunnel construction in 1914 | CR | Narragansett | plants | RI0012 | 41.8281,-71.3975,,AHm73? | | | $* | ||||
East Providence | Providence | RI | Across state line from Seekonk, MA | PN? | plants | RI0023,RI0024 | Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errors | http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf | 41.7964,-71.3547,,AKm73? | | | , | |||
East Providence | Providence | RI | Across state line from Seekonk, MA | PN? | plants | RI0025 | Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errors | http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf | 41.7981,-71.6136,,AKm73? | | | , | |||
East Providence | Providence | RI | Across state line from Seekonk, MA | plants | RI0027 | Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errors | http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf | 41.7908,-71.3489,,AKm73? | | | , | ||||
East Providence | Providence | RI | Across state line from Seekonk, MA | plants | RI0028 | Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errors | http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf | 41.8869,-71.3236,,AKm73? | | | , | ||||
Pawtucket | Providence | RI | CR | Narragansett | invertebrates-arthropoda-arachnida-Anthracomartus;insecta-neuroptera,protophasmida | RI0013 | 41.8875,-71.3939,,AHm73 | | | $* | |||||
Providence(RIMusNatHis) | Providence | RI | Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907, (401)785-9457. General Science museum. Carboniferous fossils from RI on display. Open Fri-Mon (Small) admssion fee. | RI0030 | https://www.providenceri.gov/museum/ | 41.7870,-71.4272,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Valley Falls(S+E)? | Providence | RI | In coal shales E to Sockanosset and S of Sockanosset | CR | Narragansett | ? | RI0014 | 41.9068,-71.3906,,AHm73 | | | $* | ||||
Block Island | Washington | RI | Tertiary fossils in sea cliffs | ? | RI0015 | 41.1917,-71.5750,,AHk33 | | | *$RI0016,RI0017 | ||||||
Block Island(Mohegan Bluffs?) | Washington | RI | limited outcrop of Raritan formation | K | Raritan | plants(amber) | RI0016 | 41.1523,-71.5524,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0015,RI0017 | ||||
Mohegan Bluffs | Washington | RI | Raritan Clays,possibly fossiliferous on Block Island | K | Potomac | ? | RI0017 | 41.1523,-71.5524,,AHm73 | | | *$RI0015,RI0016 | ||||
Narragansett Pier | Washington? | RI | in inclusions of metasediments in Narragansett Pier Granite | PN | plants-pteridophyta-Annularia | RI0018 | 41.4322,-71.4569,,AHm73 | | | $* |
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