US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for YUKON TERRITORY

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsSite IDCommentsReferenceLat-Long|Spare1Spare2Spare3
Colville Hills??YTCl-CmMount Capinvertebrates-mollusksYT0005Might be in NT67.0,-126.0,,ADh14|$*
Fossil Creek-YTO?-YT0021http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB64.6069,-133.3044,,AFm73?|$*
Old Crow River*-YTFossils are found by screening in river gravels. Numerous sites. Site 44 is cited as major site for Rancho LaBrean fauna. Site 11A is said to be exceptionally diversePEvertebrates-mammals(bones)YT0001Original says Alberta67.5802,-139.8025,,AHi24|*$YT0013,YT0014,YT0018,YT0019
-?YukonYTDmMichelleinvertebrates-brachiopoda-OpsiconidionYT002064.1681,-136.6699,,ADd15|$*
Beaver RiverYukonYTSvertebrates-fish-heterostraci-Ariaspis,Dikenaspis,Homalaspidella,Traquairaspis?,Vernonaspis;pteraspidomorphi-PtomaspisYT000260.3353,-125.7917,,ADj43|$*
Big CreekYukonYTPEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT000360.1718,-129.6145,,ADm43|$*
Bluefish caves?YukonYTCan't LocatePEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT000467.21,-140.12,,ADk53|$*
Dawson CityYukonYTPEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT000664.0667,-139.4167,,AHm73|$*
Dublin GulchYukonYTPEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT000864.0428,-135.8041,,ADk53|$*
Ettrain CreekYukonYTCRuEttrain?invertebrates-brachiopoda-spiriferida-SpiriferellaYT000965.4453,-141.0048,,ADk53|$*
Jones RidgeYukonYTSponges from S flank of Jones Ridge,Sheep Mtn QuadOJones Ridge Limestoneinvertebrates-porifera-Corymbospongia,Pseudoimperatoria,NuchaYT0022Ordovician sponges from west-central and east-central Alaska and western Yukon Territory, Canada,Rigby,Blodgett,Britt 200865.1117,-141.0110,,AKm75?|,
Lime PeakYukonYTin LimestoneTRplants-algae-IvanoviaYT001061.0661,-134.8941,,ADj53|$*
Mount Clark?YukonYT35 meters below top of Formation. Can't locateClMount Capinvertebrates-mollusksYT001164.4169,-124.2201,,ADh53?|$*NT0018
Ogilvie MountainsYukonYTWestern Ogilvie MountainsDlOgilvieinvertebrates-brachiopoda-VagraniaYT001264.5828,-138.2544,,ADj54|$*
Old Crow BasinYukonYTin lacustrian clays cut through by modern river drainagePEinvertebrates-arthropoda-insecta;;plants(leaves),vertebratesYT001467.5700,-139.8288,,ADj53|*$YT0001,YT0013,YT0018,YT0019
Old Crow BasinYukonYTPEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT001367.5700,-139.8288,,ADj53|*$YT0001,YT0014,YT0018,YT0019
Peel Creek?YukonYTcan't locateCRuEttraininvertebrates-brachiopoda-spiriferida-SpiriferellaYT0015Near Ketza River NE of Whitehorse61.87,-132.3468,,AEh53?|$*
SixtymileYukonYTPEvertebrates-mammals-carnivora-Panthera(Lions)YT001664.0272,-140.7503,,ADj43?|$*
Wernecke Mountains*YukonYTIn Eastern YT,Ediacaran fossils in siltstonesEDinvertebrates-mollusksYT001764.833,-134.2543,,ADj54|$*
WhitehorseYukonYTApparently the YT government maintains a substantial collection of Pleistocene vertebrate fossils found during gold mining operations in the territory. Unclear whether there is a public display.YT0023https://yukon.ca/en/access-fossil-collection60.7212,-135.05120,,AKm74|,
Yukon RiverYukonYTarea river banks and gold minesPEvertebrates-mammals-proboscidea-(mammoths)(tusks)YT001967.5700,-139.8288,,ADj53|*$YT0001,YT0013,YT0014,YT0018
Yukon River(Regional)YukonYTIn numerous area exposures of Pleistocene beds in River banks near junctions of Old Crow and Porcupine Rivers with the YukonPEinvertebrates-arthropoda-insectaYT001867.5700,-139.8288,,ADj53|*$YT0001,YT0013,YT0014,YT0019

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