US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for RHODE ISLAND

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsSite IDCommentsReferenceLat-Long|Spare1Spare2Spare3
Diamond Pt(?)(?)RIinvertebrates(marine)RI0019Diamond Point appears to be a town in Warren County NY. Lat Lon is Diamond Hill State Park in NE Rhode Island42.0021,-71.415,,AHm73?|$*
BristolBristolRICommercial specimensCRNarragansettplants-pteridophyta-AnnulariaRI000241.6769,-71.2667,,AHm53|$*RI0001
BristolBristolRIinvertebrates(marine)RI000141.6769,-71.2667,,AHl43|$*RI0002
Conanicut IslandNewportRIOn E side of Conanicut Island in lower two members of in phyllitic rocksCmJamestowninvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments)-Badulesia,ParadoxidesRI000341.4969,-71.3678,,AHl73|*$RI0005,RI0021,RI0022
Conanicut Island(WShore)NewportRIOn W shore 600m S of Jamestown Bridge in schistsPNRhode Islandplants-pteridophyta-(ferns)RI0022http://www.archive.org/stream/guidebook63newe/guidebook63newe_djvu.txt41.5219,-71.3902,,AHm73|$*RI0003
Narragansett basinNewport?RIArea exposures around Narragansett BayPNinvertebrates-arthropoda-insecta(occasional);;plantsRI0011Exposures over large area. Mines at Cranston, Valley Falls, Fenner's Ledge (Providence), Portsmouth, Mansfield-MA,Rhode Island Coal-https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0615/report.pdf41.7535,-71.3484,,AHi24|$*
NewportNewportRIAlong shore to South and East - good section of Carboniferous rocksCRplants(coal)?RI0021An American Geological Railway Guide p10241.4900,-71.3303,,AHk33|*$RI0003,RI0005
NewportNewportRIIn outcrops of distorted shale near Pirate CaveClPirate Caveinvertebrates-hyolithaRI000541.4900,-71.32,,AHm73|*$RI0003,RI0021
Newport BasinNewportRIClinvertebrates-mollusksRI000641.6,-71.3547,,AHj34|$*
Newport(Corys Lane)NewportRIAt end of Cory's Lane in shales below high tide linePNplantsRI0004Tide tables are available on the internet from sources such as https://www.tideschart.com/(worldwide) and https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov(US,AK,HI)41.6012,-71.2766,,AHm73|$*RI0009
PortsmouthNewportRIcommercial specimensCRNarragansettplants-gymnospermopsida-Alethopteris;pteridophyta-PecopterisRI000741.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73|*$RI0008,RI0010
PortsmouthNewportRIin low shale cliffsinvertebrates-mollusksRI001041.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73|*$RI0007,RI0008
PortsmouthNewportRIPNplants-angiosperms-Typha(cattails);pteridophyta-(ferns);(others)RI000841.6022,-71.2508,,AHm73|*$RI0007,RI0010
Portsmouth(CoalMineRRStation)NewportRICoal mines at Coal Mine RR Stationplants(coal)RI0020Unable to find this. Probably NW of Portsmouth?An American Geological Railway Guide p10141.6221,-71.2645,,AHm73?|$*
Portsmouth(CorysLane)NewportRIAlong shore at the end of Corey's Lane in shale. more than a dozen taxa of plantsPNplantsRI000941.6012,-71.2766,,AHm73|$*RI0004
Portsmouth(CorysLane)NewportRIIn beach gravels and anthracite coal exposures in low shore bank, 1.6km W of junction of Corys Lane and RI114. Collecting at low tidePRhode Islandplants-Calamites,Odontopteris,PecopterisRI0029Tide tables are available on the internet from sources such as https://www.tideschart.com/(worldwide) and https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov(US,AK,HI)101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas41.6011,-71.2767,,AKm72|,
College HillProvidenceRIMany plants collected during tunnel construction in 1914CRNarragansettplantsRI001241.8281,-71.3975,,AHm73?|$*
East ProvidenceProvidenceRIAcross state line from Seekonk, MAPN?plantsRI0023,RI0024Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errorshttp://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf41.7964,-71.3547,,AKm73?|,
East ProvidenceProvidenceRIAcross state line from Seekonk, MAPN?plantsRI0025Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errorshttp://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf41.7981,-71.6136,,AKm73?|,
East ProvidenceProvidenceRIAcross state line from Seekonk, MAplantsRI0027Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errorshttp://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf41.7908,-71.3489,,AKm73?|,
East ProvidenceProvidenceRIAcross state line from Seekonk, MAplantsRI0028Gelba doc image poor. May be transcription errorshttp://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf41.8869,-71.3236,,AKm73?|,
PawtucketProvidenceRICRNarragansettinvertebrates-arthropoda-arachnida-Anthracomartus;insecta-neuroptera,protophasmidaRI001341.8875,-71.3939,,AHm73|$*
Providence(RIMusNatHis)ProvidenceRIMuseum of Natural History and Planetarium, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907, (401)785-9457. General Science museum. Carboniferous fossils from RI on display. Open Fri-Mon (Small) admssion fee.RI0030https://www.providenceri.gov/museum/41.7870,-71.4272,,AKm72|,
Valley Falls(S+E)?ProvidenceRIIn coal shales E to Sockanosset and S of SockanossetCRNarragansett?RI001441.9068,-71.3906,,AHm73|$*
Block IslandWashingtonRITertiary fossils in sea cliffs?RI001541.1917,-71.5750,,AHk33|*$RI0016,RI0017
Block Island(Mohegan Bluffs?)WashingtonRIlimited outcrop of Raritan formationKRaritanplants(amber)RI001641.1523,-71.5524,,AHm73|*$RI0015,RI0017
Mohegan BluffsWashingtonRIRaritan Clays,possibly fossiliferous on Block IslandKPotomac?RI001741.1523,-71.5524,,AHm73|*$RI0015,RI0016
Narragansett PierWashington?RIin inclusions of metasediments in Narragansett Pier GranitePNplants-pteridophyta-AnnulariaRI001841.4322,-71.4569,,AHm73|$*

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