| – |
– |
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) |
Pleistocene |
|
terrestrial and occasional lacustrian gastropods. A few bivalves |
IL0001 |
|
|
| LaFarge |
– |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian? |
|
plants |
|
|
http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf |
| Lone Star |
– |
IL |
Lone Star Pit #3 |
Pennsylvanian |
Braidwood? |
plants?,marine fossils-crinoids |
|
|
http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf |
| – |
Adams |
IL |
In S part of County in coal beds |
|
|
corals: Lithostrotion,Archimedes,Bryozoa |
IL0005 |
|
|
| – |
Adams |
IL |
In marine shales |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Pelecypod-Euchondria |
|
|
http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 |
| – |
Adams |
IL |
throughout county in dark gray shales |
Pennsylvanian |
Des Moines |
pelecypods – Euchondria; Aviculopecten |
IL0006 |
|
|
| Clayton |
Adams |
IL |
2 km SE in coal exposures along branch of McGee’s Creek sw1/4s34t1nr5w |
|
|
Discina,Aviculopecten |
IL0002 |
Discina is both a genus of brachiopod and a genus of fungus |
|
| Quincy |
Adams |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
Fish teeth-Chomatodus,Cochliodus,Deltodus,Ichthyodorulites,Orodus,Psammodus,Sandalodus |
IL0003 |
|
|
| Quincy |
Adams |
IL |
NE in old quarries |
|
|
Archimedes,Agaricocrinus,Actinocrinus,Spirifer,Productus,Zaphrentis |
IL0004 |
|
|
| Thebes |
Alexander |
IL |
3 km below along Orchard Creek |
Silurian Lower |
Cincinnatian |
Glyptocrinus,Chaetetes,Asaphus,Orthis,Strophomena,Conularia,Cyclonema,Cyrtolites |
IL0007 |
|
|
| Thebes |
Alexander |
IL |
4 km above |
Silurian |
Clear Creek Limestone |
Dalmanites,Strophomena |
IL0008 |
|
|
| Belvidere |
Boone |
IL |
6 km NW |
Ordovician |
Galena |
Receptaculites,Murchisonia,Pleurotomaria,Ambonychia,Bellerophon,Orthoceras |
IL0009 |
|
|
| – |
Brown |
IL |
Early Pennsylvanian plants in shales at ‘Spencer Farm’ |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Paleipteridium,Eremopteris,Alloiopteris,Gulpenia[?],Megalopteris |
IL0014 |
No citations for ‘Gulpenia’ 050527 |
|
| – |
Brown |
IL |
In northeastern part of County along LaMoine river in river bluff and road cuts. |
Pennsylvanian Lower |
Caseyville Sandstone |
29 Genera of Plants Megalopteris,Noeggerathiales |
IL0015 |
|
|
| Chambersburg |
Brown |
IL |
In Limestone outcrops in bed of McGee’s Creek |
|
|
Agaricocrinus,Archimedes,Spirifer |
IL0010 |
|
|
| LaMoine |
Brown |
IL |
in river bluffs and road cuts. Spencer Farm Flora |
|
|
excellent fossils |
IL0011 |
|
|
| LaMoine River |
Brown |
IL |
in NE part of county in area road cuts |
Pennsylvanian |
Caseyville |
29 plant species |
IL0012 |
|
|
| Mount Sterling |
Brown |
IL |
10 km S on Dry Fork of McGee’s Creek in Limestone and Sandstone |
Mississippian |
|
Lithostrotion,Archeocidaris,Granatocrinus |
IL0013 |
|
|
| Sheffield |
Bureau |
IL |
Area strip mines |
|
|
Coelenterates -Lophophyllidium; Brachiopods – Neospirifer. |
IL0016 |
|
|
| – |
Carroll |
IL |
area exposures |
Ordovician |
|
Cincinnatian faunas |
IL0020 |
|
|
| Mount Carroll |
Carroll |
IL |
In lead mines N and W of town |
Ordovician |
Galena |
Receptaculites,large Orthoceras,corals,abundant trilobite fragments |
IL0017 |
|
|
| Savannah |
Carroll |
IL |
area exposures |
|
|
Brachiopods -Pentamerus; Coelenterates – Thecia,Catenipora; Arthropods -Isotelus,Blainia |
IL0018 |
|
|
| Savannah |
Carroll |
IL |
quarries above and below town in limestones |
Silurian Lower |
|
Large perfect trilobites -Asaphus,Orthis,Orthoceratites,Chaetetes,trilobite fragments |
IL0019 |
|
|
| – |
Clinton |
IL |
along S county line in Upper Coal Measures |
Pennsylvanian |
|
pelecypods – Streblochondria |
IL0022 |
|
|
| Carlyle |
Clinton |
IL |
N1/4S19T2r2 in banks and bed of Okaw River |
– |
|
Bryozoa,Productus,Spirifer |
IL0021 |
Unable to identify a Shoal Creek formation in IL |
|
| Blue Island |
Cook |
IL |
|
Silurian |
|
Conularia |
IL0023 |
|
|
| Blue Island |
Cook |
IL |
2 km SW about 11 km NW of Thornton in quarries |
|
|
Ostrocerata[?],fucoids(traces) |
IL0024 |
No citations for ‘Ostrocerata’ 050527 |
|
| Bridgeport |
Cook |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Favosites,Diphyphyllum,Halysites,Caryocrinus,Atrypa,Meristella,Spirifer,Pentamerus,Strophomena. Pleurotomaria,others |
IL0025 |
|
|
| Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Pentamerus,Pleurotomaria,shells,trilobite fragments. corals,crinoids |
IL0026 |
|
|
| Evanston |
Cook |
IL |
N of University Grove along Lake Michigan shoreline,fresh water fossils |
|
|
Unio,Pisidium,Physa,Lymnaea,Planorbis,Valvata,Amnicola,Melontho,Ancylus,etc |
IL0027 |
|
|
| Old Thornton |
Cook |
IL |
In area Limestone quarries |
|
|
Pentamerus,Favosites |
IL0028 |
|
|
| Thornton |
Cook |
IL |
in reef exposures in large quarries at intersection of IL43 and IL394 |
Silurian |
Racine |
brachiopods,crinoids |
IL0029 |
|
|
| – |
DeKalb |
IL |
In glacial drift |
Pleistocene |
|
mammal bones and teeth,Petrified Wood,Crustacea in nodules,fish bones,fish teeth,Mollusks: Turritella,Cancellaria |
IL0035 |
|
|
| Aurora |
DeKalb |
IL |
In RR cuts of Chicago,Burlington and Quincy RR outside city |
|
|
bones and teeth of Mastodon. |
IL0030 |
|
|
| Fox River |
DeKalb |
IL |
meters in S3t4r8 in |
Silurian |
Niagaran |
Orthis,Strophomena,Leptaena,etc |
IL0031 |
|
|
| Milan |
DeKalb |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
St Louis |
fish-Psephodus teeth |
IL0032 |
|
|
| Milan |
DeKalb |
IL |
Collinson Quarry in fracture fill material |
Pennsylvanian |
Abbott|Spoon |
Vertebrate-Cricotus |
IL0033 |
|
|
| Stewartsville |
DeKalb |
IL |
N of town on N bank of Kishwaukee River |
Ordovician |
Cincinnatian |
trilobite fragments |
IL0034 |
|
|
| – |
Du Page |
IL |
In glacial drift |
Pleistocene |
|
mammal bones and teeth,mastodon,Castoroides |
IL0036 |
|
|
| Paris |
Edgar |
IL |
N on US150 3.2km from Twin Lakes Dam. E 3.2km. S 320m. E 3.2km to St Aloysius Churrch. N to abandoned Quarry NE1/4S10T14NR11W |
Pennsylvanian |
|
marine fossils |
|
|
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/2022/280/1/C06.pdf |
| Teutopolis |
Effingham |
IL |
1.6km N |
|
|
Gastropods-Baylea |
IL0037 |
|
|
| Christopher |
Franklin |
IL |
Old Ben No 11 Mine |
Pennsylvanian |
Energy Shale |
Well preserved tree ferns |
|
|
http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf |
| – |
Fulton |
IL |
in black shales in spoil piles of Alden Mine #5 |
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
plant fossils,fish fragments,brachiopods |
IL0040 |
|
|
| Alden Mine |
Fulton |
IL |
on waste piles in pyrite concretions |
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
plants,brachiopods |
IL0038 |
|
|
| Alden Mine No 5 |
Fulton |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
in concretions – Lepidodendron,Brachiopods,sponges,fish fragments,Phyllocarid fragments. |
IL0039 |
|
|
| – |
Gallatin |
IL |
At bridge over N fork of Saline River |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Pelecypod-Psuedomontis |
|
|
http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 |
| Saline River |
Gallatin |
IL |
In shales along creek |
|
|
Selenimyalina |
IL0041 |
|
|
| Saline River |
Gallatin |
IL |
at bridge over N branch in dark Limestone |
Pennsylvanian |
|
pelecypods – Pseudomonotis |
IL0042 |
|
|
| Braceville |
Grundy |
IL |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf |
| Dresden Lake |
Grundy |
IL |
In ironstone concretion |
Pennsylvanian |
Francis Creek |
Paleoniscoid fish |
IL0043 |
|
|
| East Brooklyn |
Grundy |
IL |
E on road to Essex in Pit 14 of Peabody coal Co. |
|
|
Gastropods — Glabocingulum,Euphemites,Conodonts,Shark teeth — Cladodus,Edestus,Listracanthus spines,Fish fragments in shales |
IL0044 |
‘Globrocinglum’ in the original |
|
| Mazon Creek |
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 |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0045 |
|
|
| Mazon Creek |
Grundy |
IL |
Coal City in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0046 |
|
|
| Mazon Creek |
Grundy |
IL |
Greer School of Heavy Earth Moving in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0047 |
|
|
| Mazon Creek |
Grundy |
IL |
Mazon Creek #1 |
|
|
vertebrates-Elonichthys,Platysomus,Sagenodus |
IL0048 |
|
|
| Mazon Creek |
Grundy |
IL |
Most of the surface area of Grundy County,IL,in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0049 |
|
|
| Mazon Creek |
Grundy |
IL |
Pit 11 of Peabody Coal Co,Will County in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0050 |
|
|
| Morris |
Grundy |
IL |
6.2 km SE in 6 meters of sandy shales overlying coal in Mazon Creek in nodules in sandstone in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants and rarely animals |
IL0051 |
|
|
| Peabody Coal Pit 14 |
Grundy |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
vertebrates-Listracanthus,Paleoniscoid |
IL0052 |
|
|
| Pit 6 |
Grundy |
IL |
In ironstone concretion |
Pennsylvanian |
Francis Creek |
Paleoniscoid fish |
IL0053 |
|
|
| Dresden Lakes |
Grundy? |
IL |
Mazon Creek nodules — Fee area |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Plants,invertebrates |
IL0054 |
Can’t locate Dresden Lakes IL |
|
| Brunce’s[?] Creek |
Hancock |
IL |
limestones |
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth |
IL0055 |
Unable to locate ‘Brunces Creek’ or anything similar in Hancock County |
|
| Crooked Creek |
Hancock |
IL |
limestones |
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth |
IL0056 |
|
|
| Dallas City |
Hancock |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
Fish teeth-Mesodmodus |
IL0057 |
|
|
| Eastern Hancock County |
Hancock |
IL |
limestones in river banks |
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth |
IL0058 |
|
|
| Hamilton |
Hancock |
IL |
|
|
|
brachiopods -Echinoconchus |
IL0059 |
|
|
| Hamilton |
Hancock |
IL |
Opposite Keokuk,Iowa |
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
Fish teeth-Antliodus,Bradyodont,Cladoselache,Cochliodus,Orodus |
IL0060 |
|
|
| Nauvoo |
Hancock |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
Fish teeth-Cladoselache,Cochliodus,Deltoptychius,Sandalodus |
IL0061 |
|
|
| Nauvoo |
Hancock |
IL |
In area quarries |
Mississippian |
Keokuk |
mollusks,corals,crinoids – Agaricocrinites,Platycrinus,trilobites,fish (48 species),bryozoa,Brachiopods – Spirifer |
IL0062 |
|
|
| Plymouth |
Hancock |
IL |
NW at old Colchester Quarry |
|
|
brachiopods,corals,crinoids |
IL0063 |
|
|
| Warsaw |
Hancock |
IL |
|
|
|
Bryozoa Archimedes |
IL0064 |
|
|
| Warsaw |
Hancock |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
|
Bryozoa – Archimedes |
IL0065 |
|
|
| Warsaw |
Hancock |
IL |
In area Limestone quarries |
Carboniferous |
|
Archimedes,bryozoa – Coscinium,Brachiopods,Conularia,Crinoids – Cyathocrinus,Platycrinus,Platycrinus,Rhodocrinus |
IL0066 |
|
|
| Cave In Rock |
Hardin |
IL |
At Hastie’s Quarry at junction between Levias and Renault formations |
Mississippian |
Paoli|Mooretown |
Fossil debris? abundant echinoderm fragments-crinoids,Pentremites,Diploblastus and brachiopods-Composita,Cleiothyridina |
|
Paleolist- 02/03/2008 08:19 PM |
|
| Hardin County |
Hardin |
IL |
Limestone outcrops |
Mississippian |
St Louis |
silicified corals – Lithostrotion,mollusks,brachiopods |
IL0068 |
|
|
| Bald Bluff |
Henderson |
IL |
In Limestone outcrops |
Mississippian Lower |
Burlington Limestone |
crinoids – Actinocrinus,brachiopods – Productus,Spirifer,Athyris,ammonites |
IL0069 |
|
|
| Atkinson |
Henry |
IL |
Marine faunas in abandoned strip mines |
|
|
Cephalopods – Endolobus,Michelinoceras,Gonioceras,Dimorphoceras; Gastropods – Bembexia,Natica,Vivaparus,Lunatia,Planorbis,Bucania,Pharkidonotus,Straparolus,Cyrtolites,Meekospira,Trepospira,Cymatospira; Brachiopods – Marginifera,others |
IL0070 |
|
|
| Knightston |
Henry |
IL |
on Blue River in Limestone |
Silurian |
|
Calymene |
IL0071 |
There are several towns called Knightston in the US,but there does not seem to be one in Illinois. |
|
| – |
Jackson |
IL |
in sandstone outcrops in streams and creeks W of IL127 |
Pennsylvanian |
Caseyville |
plant fossils – Calamites,Trigonocarpus,Lepidodendron,Syringodendron. |
IL0076 |
|
|
| Carbondale |
Jackson |
IL |
in Pennsylvanian coal shales |
Pennsylvanian |
|
mollusks Shansiella (pyritized) |
IL0072 |
|
|
| 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 |
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
plants,crustacea,a few marine animals |
IL0073 |
|
|
| Grand Tower |
Jackson |
IL |
in spoil banks from dredging |
|
|
fossils |
IL0074 |
|
|
| Murphysboro |
Jackson |
IL |
in creekbeds W of IL127 8km S. |
Pennsylvanian Lower |
Caseyville Sandstone |
Calamites,Trigonocarpus,Lepidodendron,Syringodendron. |
IL0075 |
|
|
| Grafton |
Jersey |
IL |
|
|
|
Trilobites Calymene |
IL0077 |
|
|
| Grafton |
Jersey |
IL |
|
Silurian |
Edgewood |
Trilobites Calymene |
IL0078 |
|
|
| Grafton |
Jersey |
IL |
|
Silurian |
Racine |
Trilobites – Calymene |
IL0079 |
|
|
| Grafton |
Jersey |
IL |
8 km downstream |
Mississippian |
Kinderhook |
a few brachiopods – Spirifer,Productus,Athyris. A few ammonites. |
IL0080 |
|
|
| Cordova |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
A variety of corals in area quarries |
|
|
corals |
IL0081 |
|
|
| Cordova |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
In quarries and other Limestone exposures |
Silurian |
Niagaran |
Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora |
IL0082 |
|
|
| Elizabeth |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
at N end of Terrapin Ridge in milky shales and clays |
|
|
corals – Chaetetes |
IL0083 |
|
|
| Hanover |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
at dam in massive dolomite |
|
|
pelecypods,gastropods,Lingula |
IL0084 |
|
|
| LeClaire |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
In quarries and other Limestone exposures |
Silurian |
Niagaran |
Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora |
IL0085 |
|
|
| Pleasant Valley Township |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
1 km SE in wall of Plum River Valley |
|
|
gastropods,Orthoceras |
IL0086 |
|
|
| Racine |
Jo Daviess |
IL |
In quarries and other Limestone exposures |
Silurian |
Niagaran |
Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora |
IL0087 |
|
|
| Vienna |
Johnson |
IL |
adjacent to Interstate www.science.siu.edu/geology/outreach/vienna.htm |
Mississippian |
Menard |
bryozoa,brachiopods,mollusks,crinoids,corals,blastoids |
IL0088 |
|
|
| – |
Kane |
IL |
In glacial drift |
Pleistocene |
|
mammal bones and teeth |
IL0089 |
|
|
| Manteno |
Kankakee |
IL |
2.5 km SW On S slope of hill |
Silurian |
Racine |
brachiopods – Kirkidium |
IL0090 |
|
|
| – |
Kendall |
IL |
area exposures |
Ordovician |
|
Cincinnatian faunas |
IL0096 |
|
|
| Bristol |
Kendall |
IL |
at mill dam on Blackberry Creek |
|
|
Orthoceras,Ambonychia. trilobite fragments |
IL0091 |
|
|
| Lisbon |
Kendall |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Receptaculites,Orthis,Zaphrentis etc |
IL0092 |
|
|
| Oswego |
Kendall |
IL |
along Waubansia Creek |
Silurian Lower |
Cincinnatian |
Strophomena,Orthis,Chaetetes,Rhynchonella,Tentaculites |
IL0093 |
|
|
| Oswego |
Kendall |
IL |
area quarries and exposures |
Silurian Lower |
Cincinnatian |
Strophomena,Orthis,Chaetetes,Heterocrinus,Nautilus,Tentaculites |
IL0094 |
|
|
| Yorkville |
Kendall |
IL |
below along river for 5 km in limestones |
|
|
trilobites – Calymene,Asaphus |
IL0095 |
|
|
| Galesburg |
Knox |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
Vertebrates-Symmorium |
IL0097 |
|
|
| Wolf Covered Bridge |
Knox |
IL |
on Spoon River. Marine invertebrates in |
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
in cutbank. |
IL0098 |
|
|
| – |
La Salle |
IL |
In Marquette Cement Co Quarry,S face in |
Pennsylvanian |
LaSalle Limestone |
Sharks teeth,brachiopods,Corals. |
IL0102 |
|
|
| Jonesville |
La Salle |
IL |
E on Hwy71 in road cut |
Pennsylvanian |
LaSalle Limestone |
brachiopods,bryozoa,stromatoporoids |
IL0099 |
|
|
| LaSalle |
La Salle |
IL |
in ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants |
IL0100 |
|
|
| Oglesby |
La Salle |
IL |
at Lone Star Quarry |
Pennsylvanian |
|
brachiopods,fish teeth,pelecypods,coral |
IL0101 |
|
|
| Zion |
Lake |
IL |
|
Silurian |
|
brachiopod |
IL0103 |
|
|
| Dixon |
Lee |
IL |
|
Ordovician |
|
Brachiopods Rafinesquina |
IL0104 |
|
|
| Dixon |
Lee |
IL |
above town |
|
|
coral – Favosites,Encrinites,trilobites,Leptaena,Strophomena,Orthis,abundant |
IL0105 |
|
|
| Dixon |
Lee |
IL |
area quarries and RR cuts |
|
|
casts of Lingula,Murchisonia,Orthoceras,Ambonychia,Receptaculites,Chaetetes,Rare Calymene,Orthoceras. |
IL0106 |
|
|
| – |
Livingston |
IL |
In ironstone nodules |
Pennsylvanian |
Mazon Creek |
well preserved plants |
IL0111 |
|
|
| Eppards Point Township |
Livingston |
IL |
near Pontiac in quarry |
Pennsylvanian Upper |
Bond |
excellent crinoids |
IL0107 |
|
|
| Fairbury |
Livingston |
IL |
in Pennsylvanian shales |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Plants Sigillaria |
IL0108 |
|
|
| Pontiac |
Livingston |
IL |
In Pennsylvanian Bond Formation (LaSalle Limestone member) in Wagner Stone Co Quarry in Eppards Township. |
Pennsylvanian |
Bond |
Well Preserved crinoids. |
IL0109 |
|
|
| Pontiac |
Livingston |
IL |
at Eppards Point Township in quarry |
Pennsylvanian |
LaSalle Limestone |
crinoids |
IL0110 |
|
|
| Decatur |
Macon |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
Vertebrates-Edestus |
IL0112 |
|
|
| Carlinsville |
Macoupin |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
|
Vertebrates-Cladodus,Deltodus,Haplolepis?,Helodus,Listracanthus,Petalodus,Petrodus,Sandalodus |
IL0113 |
|
|
| Alton |
Madison |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
St Louis |
fish teeth/spines-Acondylacanthus,Amacanthus,Asteroptychius,Bythiacanthus,Cladodus,Coelosteus,Ctenacanthus,Dactylodus,Harpacanthus,Petalodus,Polyrhizodus,Psammodus,Rhizodus,Sandalodus,Stethacanthus |
IL0114 |
|
|
| Alton |
Madison |
IL |
In area outcrops and quarries |
Mississippian |
|
Pentremites,Rhynchonella,Retzia,Productus,Lithostrotion,Bellerophon,Allorisma,Conularia |
IL0115 |
|
|
| Alton |
Madison |
IL |
in quarry |
Ordovician |
|
trilobites |
IL0116 |
|
|
| Centralia |
Marion |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
Centralia Limestone |
pelecypods – Acanthopecten |
IL0117 |
|
|
| Centralia |
Marion |
IL |
At Crooked Creek |
Pennsylvanian |
Altamont |
Pelecypod-Acanthopecten |
|
|
http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 |
| Colchester |
McDonough |
IL |
on coal mine dumps |
|
|
fossil plants |
IL0118 |
|
|
| Coleman |
McDonough |
IL |
S in RR cuts |
|
|
well preserved Zaphrentis,Spirifer,Agaricocrinus,Actinocrinus,Barycrinus,Archimedes,Hemiponites,Phillipsia,fish teeth |
IL0119 |
|
|
| Greenview |
Menard |
IL |
In bituminous shale between Fort Scott Limestone and underlying coal |
|
|
Euchondria |
IL0120 |
|
|
| Greenview |
Menard |
IL |
in shale Roof of Greenview coal mine |
Pennsylvanian |
Fort Scott Limestone |
Pelecypod-Euchondria |
|
|
http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1 |
| Matherville |
Mercer |
IL |
|
|
|
Plant fossils – Lepidodendron |
IL0121 |
|
|
| Columbia |
Monroe |
IL |
2 km E in Limestone quarries |
|
|
corals,bryozoa |
IL0122 |
|
|
| Salt Lick Point |
Monroe |
IL |
In river bluffs |
Mississippian Lower |
Burlington Limestone |
brachiopods,crinoid fragments |
IL0123 |
|
|
| Valmeyer |
Monroe |
IL |
Overgrown road cut 8km E of on IL156 |
|
|
? |
IL0124 |
|
|
| Waterloo |
Monroe |
IL |
16 km SE in ‘Portland Quarries’ |
|
|
fossils |
IL0125 |
|
|
| Waterloo |
Monroe |
IL |
2 km E in Limestone above sandstone beds |
|
|
Nautilus,Goniatites,Orthoceras |
IL0126 |
|
|
| Waterloo |
Monroe |
IL |
4 km W on Fountain Creek in Limestone |
|
|
Straparollus,Dentalium,Nuculana,Yoldia? Rhynchonella,Terebratula,Hemiponites,crinoids |
IL0127 |
|
|
| Polo |
Ogle |
IL |
In area Limestone exposures |
Pennsylvanian[?] |
Blue Creek[?] |
Orthoceras to 23cm in diameter and 3 meters in length |
IL0128 |
Possibly the Pennsylvanian Blue Creek Coal? |
|
| Polo |
Ogle |
IL |
along Pine Creek |
|
|
fossils |
IL0129 |
|
|
| Kickapoo Valley |
Peoria |
IL |
In Limestone quarries on S side in s14t8nr7e |
|
|
Spirifer,Athyris,Retzia,Platystoma,Chaetetes (to 70cm). |
IL0130 |
|
|
| Kingston |
Peoria |
IL |
2 km downstream at Lancaster Landing in coal mine dumps |
|
|
Lingula,Discina,Athyris,Aviculopecten,Petrodus,Listracanthus,Pleurotomaria,Crinoid fragments. |
IL0131 |
Original location is ‘Kingstone’. Closest match is ‘Kingston Mines’ |
|
| DuQuoin |
Perry |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
Well preserved tree ferns |
|
|
http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf |
| Perry County |
Perry |
IL |
county wide on coal mine dumps and other exposures of coal measures |
|
|
plants,brachiopods,crinoids |
IL0132 |
|
|
| Griggsville Landing |
Pike |
IL |
In Limestone outcrops and quarries |
Mississippian |
Burlington Limestone |
abundant Spirifer,Productus,Strophomena,Orthis,Euomphalus,Lyropora,Evactinopora,Agaricocrinus,Platycrinus,Phillipsia |
IL0133 |
|
|
| Bay City |
Pope |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
Well preserved tree ferns |
|
|
http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf |
| Lusk Creek |
Pope |
IL |
at crossing of the Marion road s21.16t12r6 in sandstone ledges in Limestone |
Mississippian |
Chester |
Archimedes,Productus,Spirifer,Spiriferina |
IL0134 |
|
|
| Olmstead |
Pulaski |
IL |
In quarry of cat litter plant |
Paleocene |
Clayton |
two crocodile teeth,Turtle-Trionyx |
IL0135 |
|
|
| Chester |
Randolph |
IL |
|
|
|
Blastoids Pentremites |
IL0136 |
|
|
| Chester |
Randolph |
IL |
1 km E in Limestone in quarry |
|
|
Nautilus to 50cm |
IL0137 |
|
|
| Chester |
Randolph |
IL |
in area quarries and excavations in limestones |
Mississippian |
Chester |
plants,shells crinoid plates – Pentremites,Zeacrinus. Agassizocrinus; coral – Zaphrentis;bryozoa – Lyropora,Archimedes; brachiopods – Spirifer |
IL0138 |
|
|
| Evansville |
Randolph |
IL |
|
|
|
brachiopods -Diaphragmus |
IL0139 |
|
|
| Evansville |
Randolph |
IL |
|
|
|
brachiopods -Diaphragmus |
IL0140 |
|
|
| Gravel Creek |
Randolph |
IL |
6-8 km N of Chester |
|
|
Allorisma,Myalina,Schizodus |
IL0141 |
|
|
| Kaskaskia |
Randolph |
IL |
In bluff on E side of Okaw River in Limestone escarpment |
|
|
Pentremites,Forbesiocrinus,Zeacrinus,Agelacrinus,Athyris,Retzia,Productus |
IL0142 |
|
|
| Prairie de Rocher |
Randolph |
IL |
2 km above in Limestone exposures |
|
|
Lithostrotion,Hemiponites,Spirifer,Platycrinus |
IL0143 |
|
|
| Hampton |
Rock Island |
IL |
2 km below in gray Limestone along Rock and Mississippi Rivers to S of County Line |
Devonian |
|
corals,Averularia,Phillipsastraea; brachiopods,Orthis,Spirifer |
IL0144 |
|
|
| Milan |
Rock Island |
IL |
Colinson Quarry |
Devonian |
Cedar Valley |
Cephalopods,Anthozoa,Trilobites (Phacops) in Devonian Cedar Valley Limestones. Vertebrate found in Pennsylvanian Crevice Fill. |
IL0145 |
|
|
| Milan |
Rock Island |
IL |
Collinson Quarry near junction of Hwy 67 and Hwy 92. |
Devonian |
Cedar Valley |
Corals – Cladopora,Favosites,Hexagonaria,Phillipsastraea,Striatopora,Syringopora,Zaphrentis; brachiopods — Atrypa,Dielasma,Pentamerella,Platyrachella,Productella,Spinocyrtia,Spirifer,Stropheodonta;Clear calcite |
IL0146 |
|
|
| Rock Island |
Rock Island |
IL |
In area Limestone quarries |
Devonian |
|
Atrypa,Orthis,Strophomena,corals -Cyathophylloid |
IL0147 |
|
|
| Springfield |
Sangamon |
IL |
10 km NW |
|
|
75 species;Corals – Syringopora,brachiopods,mollusks,gastropods -Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria |
IL0148 |
|
|
| Springfield |
Sangamon |
IL |
S on Sugar Creek |
|
|
75 species; Corals – Syringopora,brachiopods,mollusks,gastropods -Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria |
IL0149 |
|
|
| Springfield |
Sangamon |
IL |
on Sugar Creek in fossiliferous Limestone in State House Quarry |
Carboniferous |
|
Productus,Petalodus,Chomatodus,Sandalodus |
IL0150 |
|
|
| Virden |
Sangamon |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Syringopora,etc |
IL0151 |
|
|
| Schuyler County |
Schuyler |
IL |
In area quarries |
Carboniferous |
Des Moines |
typical fossils in large concretions in shale –Aviculopecten,Cardiomorpha,Goniatites,Productus,Chonetes,brachiopods |
IL0152 |
|
|
| Glasgow |
Scott |
IL |
In bluffs on E side of river S to mason’s Landing |
Mississippian Lower |
Burlington Limestone |
abundant brachiopods -Productus,Spirifer,Euomphalus |
IL0153 |
|
|
| Belleville |
St Clair |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
|
Vertebrates-Edestus |
IL0154 |
|
|
| Belleville |
St Clair |
IL |
In area coal mine dumps |
|
|
Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis |
IL0155 |
|
|
| Caseyville |
St Clair |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
Caseyville Limestone |
mollusks Straparolus |
IL0156 |
|
|
| Caseyville |
St Clair |
IL |
In area Limestone exposures |
Carboniferous |
|
Spirifer,Athyris,Bellerophon,Macrocheilus |
IL0157 |
|
|
| Caseyville |
St Clair |
IL |
In area coal mine dumps |
|
|
Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis |
IL0158 |
|
|
| Pittsburg |
St Clair |
IL |
In area coal mine dumps |
|
|
Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis |
IL0159 |
|
|
| Richland Creek |
St Clair |
IL |
along West Fork NE corner of t2sr9w |
Mississippian |
|
Archimedes,Pentremites,Spirifer,Spiriferina |
IL0160 |
|
|
| Urbana |
St Clair |
IL |
at Jack’s Run 1 km E of town 1 km above junction with Silver Creek in clayey shale |
|
|
Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria,Polyphemopsis,Nautilus |
IL0161 |
|
|
| Cedarville |
Stephenson |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Receptaculites,brachiopod casts |
IL0162 |
|
|
| Freeport |
Stephenson |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
Receptaculites,brachiopod casts |
IL0163 |
|
|
| Loran |
Stephenson |
IL |
on area hillsides |
Silurian |
Niagaran |
corals,Favosites,Halysites |
IL0164 |
|
|
| Winslow |
Stephenson |
IL |
In area quarries |
|
|
casts of Pleurotomaria,Orthoceras to 2 meters,Cypricardites,Onococeras,Tellinomya |
IL0165 |
|
|
| Anna |
Union |
IL |
|
Mississippian |
|
Crinoids,Shark spines,Ctenacanthus |
IL0166 |
Unable to identify a ‘Glocanda’ formation |
|
| Anna? |
Union |
IL |
Along IL75 to Durand |
|
|
? |
IL0167 |
|
|
| Jonesboro |
Union |
IL |
along road to Willards Landing in limestones |
Devonian |
|
Strophomena,Platyceras,Calymene,corals |
IL0168 |
|
|
| Danville |
Vermilion |
IL |
In nodules in coal seams |
|
|
fish scales,Aviculopecten,Entolium,Lima,Solenomya,Sanguinolites,brachiopods |
IL0169 |
|
|
| Danville |
Vermilion |
IL |
fossilized forest above Herrin coal bed in strip mines |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Complete ecosystem |
IL0202 |
|
|
| Georgetown |
Vermilion |
IL |
4.8km below in NE corner s3t17nr11w in coal seams |
|
|
many species of many species,plants,animals |
IL0171 |
|
|
| Vermilion County |
Vermilion |
IL |
In Limestone quarries along Salt Fork |
|
|
abundant Hemiponites,Productus. Athyris,Spirifer,Spiriferina,Retzia,Cyathaxonia,Zeacrinus,bryozoa |
IL0172 |
|
|
| Vermilion County |
Vermilion |
IL |
In Limestone quarries in E part of County |
|
|
abundant Hemiponites,Productus. Athyris,Spirifer,Spiriferina,Retzia,Cyathoxonia,Zeacrinus,bryozoa |
IL0173 |
|
|
| Monmouth |
Warren |
IL |
5-6 km N on Hwy 67 in Quarry |
Mississippian |
Burlington Limestone |
Crinoids,blastoids |
IL0174 |
|
|
| Monmouth |
Warren |
IL |
in Sonora Sandstone member |
Mississippian |
Keokuk|Warsaw |
fossils |
IL0175 |
|
|
| Fredericksburg |
Washington |
IL |
In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River |
Mississippian |
Paoli |
Talorocrinus,conodonts |
IL0176 |
St Genevieve 20 meters of shaley limestones and limey shales-sands overlying the St Genevieve Limestone and under the Bethel Formation. The Paoli corresponds roughly to the Renault Formation further East. |
|
| Fredericksburg |
Washington |
IL |
In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River |
Mississippian |
St Genevieve |
Talocrinus,conodonts |
IL0177 |
St Louis Limestone 20 meters of Shaley limestones and limey Shales-sands overlying the Sanders Group and under the St Genevieve Formation. |
|
| Fredericksburg |
Washington |
IL |
In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River |
Mississippian |
St Louis |
– |
IL0178 |
|
|
| Marissa Mine |
Washington |
IL |
At Peabody coal mine in Mecca fauna |
Pennsylvanian |
|
vertebrates-Caseodus |
IL0179 |
|
|
| Carmi |
White |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
Bond|Mattoon |
Well preserved tree ferns |
|
|
http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf |
| Morrison |
Whiteside |
IL |
8 km NE |
|
|
algae – Cryptozoon |
IL0180 |
|
|
| Mount Pleasant |
Whiteside |
IL |
at intersection of IL146 and I-57 (Permit from Illinois Dept of Transportation required) |
Mississippian |
|
fossils |
IL0181 |
|
|
| Mount Pleasant |
Whiteside |
IL |
in Road cut on I46 E of I57 (May require IDOT permit) |
Mississippian |
|
fossils |
IL0182 |
|
|
| Sterling |
Whiteside |
IL |
|
Silurian Upper |
Niagara Falls Limestone |
abundant corals – Halysites,Favosites,Stromatopora,Syringopora |
IL0183 |
Sterling,Indiana is in Fountain County |
|
| 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. |
Pennsylvanian |
|
a few fossiliferous concretions. |
IL0184 |
|
|
| Joliet |
Will |
IL |
at Francey’s Quarry |
Silurian |
Racine |
trilobites |
IL0185 |
|
|
| Joliet |
Will |
IL |
in quarry |
|
|
large complete straight and loosely coiled cephalopods |
IL0186 |
|
|
| Kankakee River |
Will |
IL |
In river bluffs |
Ordovician |
Cincinnatian |
Rhynchonella |
IL0187 |
|
|
| Wilmington |
Will |
IL |
Area exposures of flinty sandstone above light blue shaley Limestone |
|
|
Rhynchonella,Orthis,Leptaena,Strophomena,Orthoceras,tentaculites,corals,bryozoa,crinoid fragments,trilobite fragments |
IL0188 |
|
|
| – |
Will,Grundy |
IL |
|
Pennsylvanian |
Carbondale |
fossil fish |
IL0189 |
|
|
| Durand |
Winnebago |
IL |
E on IL75 |
Ordovician |
|
echinoderms,crinoids — Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus |
IL0190 |
|
|
| Rockford |
Winnebago |
IL |
|
Ordovician |
Grand Detour |
brachiopods,bryozoa,trilobites |
IL0191 |
|
|
| Rockford |
Winnebago |
IL |
Along highway leading into town |
|
|
brachiopods,crinoids |
IL0192 |
|
|
| Rockford |
Winnebago |
IL |
on IL2 toward Rockton |
Ordovician |
|
echinoderms,crinoids — Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus |
IL0193 |
|
|
| Rockford |
Winnebago |
IL |
on IL2 to N and IL75 W to Durand |
Ordovician |
Dunleith|Eagle Point |
? |
IL0194 |
|
|
| Rockton |
Winnebago |
IL |
In buff Limestone in area quarries |
|
|
Orthoceras,Cyrtoceras,Lituites,Pleurotomaria,Murchisonia,Orthis,Strophomena,Tellinomya,Ambonychia,zoophytes,coral fragments |
IL0195 |
|
|
| Rockton area |
Winnebago |
IL |
|
Ordovician |
Dunleith |
crinoids Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus Along IL2 toward Rockford |
IL0196 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
IL |
|
Silurian |
Racine Dolomite |
worms |
IL0198 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
IL |
|
Silurian |
Racine Dolomite |
worms |
IL0199 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
IL |
NW 1/2 SW 1/4 sec. 15 T 11N R4E |
|
|
vertebrates-Listracanthus |
IL0200 |
|
|
| Southernmost Illinois |
[?] |
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 |
Paleocene |
Clayton |
40 plus species of mollusks,bryozoa,Decapods,a few fish teeth and 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 |