| Maine |
– |
ME |
In outcrops of recent blue marine clays exposed by isostatic rebound in coastal and central Maine |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Neptunea,Buccinum,Polinices,Mya,Astarte,Serripes,Macoma,Hyatella,Mytilus,Chlamys;Arthropod-Balanus;Leaf impressions |
ME0001 |
|
|
| Southwood[?] |
– |
ME |
48d22mN,68d22mW |
Devonian |
Tarratine |
Gastropod-Crossoceras |
ME0002 |
From Context |
|
| Lewiston |
Androscoggin |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Buccinum,Portlandia,Mya |
ME0088 |
|
|
| Poland |
Androscoggin |
ME |
|
|
|
Carcharodon? |
ME0004 |
|
|
| Sabattus River Valley |
Androscoggin |
ME |
Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0005 |
|
|
| Allagash |
Aroostook |
ME |
At 69d20m33sW 47d13m28sN near private logging road connecting Allagash to the Estcourt-St Pomphile(QC) Road in sandstones and slates |
Ordovician Upper |
Little East Lake |
Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia |
ME0089 |
|
|
| Allagash |
Aroostook |
ME |
At 69d24m41sW,47d11m14sN in exposure created by road construction in 1990 |
Ordovician Upper |
Little East Lake |
Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia |
ME0090 |
|
|
| Allagash |
Aroostook |
ME |
At 69d25m29sW. 47d10m14sN in road metal quarry in sandstones and slates |
Ordovician Upper |
Little East Lake |
Eodinobolus;brachiopods-Dalmanella;Gastropods-Bucania,Paraliospira,Trochonemella,Lophospira,Daidia |
ME0091 |
|
|
| Mapleton |
Aroostook |
ME |
|
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
Plant Fossils |
ME0009 |
|
|
| Mapleton |
Aroostook |
ME |
Ordovician graptolites are found in Ordovician shales 1 km East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle Mountain. |
Ordovician |
|
Graptolites -Dicranograptus,Orthograptus,Climacograptus,Diplograptus,Brachiopod – Leptobolus |
ME0010 |
|
|
| Mapleton |
Aroostook |
ME |
Silurian brachiopods are found in ‘a nearby conglomerate’. East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle Mountain. |
Silurian |
|
Brachiopods -Atrypa,Strophomena,Conchidium,Stropheodonta,Eatonia,Sowerbyella,Eospirifer,Hyatella,Nucleospira,Pentamerus,Lichas,Dalmanites,Paleocyclus |
ME0011 |
|
|
| Presque Isle |
Aroostook |
ME |
4.8km W on Winslow Farm |
Devonian Middle |
Mapleton Sandstone |
plants-Taeniocrada,Hostimella,Sawdonia,Barrandeina |
ME0092 |
|
|
| Presque Isle |
Aroostook |
ME |
6km SSW-Spragueville Road in interbedded limestones and tan shales |
Silurian |
Perham |
graptolites-Monograptus;bivalves-Cardiola;crinoids |
ME0093 |
|
|
| Square Lake |
Aroostook |
ME |
SE of Fort Kent in T16R5 in Limestone Ridge |
|
|
2 species of corals,6 species of brachiopods,crinoids |
ME0014 |
|
|
| Stockholm |
Aroostook |
ME |
3.2km N of station in RR cut on Bangor and Aroostook RR in coarse sandstones |
Silurian |
Frenchville |
brachiopods-Atrypa?,Cyrtia,Delerorthis,Eocoelia,Leptaena,Paleocyclus?,Pentamerus?,Plectodonta,Resserella,Stricklandialens;Algae;Plants-Eohostimella |
ME0094 |
|
|
| Weeksboro-Lunksoos |
Aroostook |
ME |
fairly abundant fossils in area outcrops |
Silurian |
|
trilobites,graptolites,brachiopods |
ME0016 |
|
|
| Brunswick |
Cumberland |
ME |
Bunganuc Point. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0017 |
|
|
| Casco Bay |
Cumberland |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Neptunea,Chlamys,Hiatella,Mya,Astarte,Nuculana,Portlandia |
ME0095 |
|
|
| Gray |
Cumberland |
ME |
43d53m24s North 70d16m39s |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Musculus,Mytilus,Mya,Nuculana,Yoldia,Nucula |
ME0096 |
|
|
| Portland |
Cumberland |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Margarites,Polinices,Natica,Buccinum,Neptunea,Mytilus,Chlamys,Pecten,Clinocardium,Cerastoderma,Serripes,Macoma,Mactra,Mesodesma,Ensis,Hiatella,Zirphaea,Mya,Astarte,Nuculana,Portlandia,Yoldiella |
ME0097 |
|
|
| Portland |
Cumberland |
ME |
In gravel pit near Fore River |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
Petrified wood,Conifer needles,branches,cones;leaves;mollusks in clays |
ME0098 |
|
|
| Pownal |
Cumberland |
ME |
At Blackstone Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0022 |
|
|
| Pownal |
Cumberland |
ME |
At Knight Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0023 |
|
|
| Scarborough |
Cumberland |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Puncturella,Pandora,Nuculana |
ME0099 |
|
|
| Yarmouth |
Cumberland |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Musculus,Portlandia,Astarte |
ME0100 |
|
|
| Zebbs Cove |
Cumberland |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Mactra[?] |
ME0026 |
|
|
| Augusta |
Kennebec |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Polinices,Natica,Buccinum,Chlamys,Cerastoderma,Hiatella,Mya,Astarte |
ME0101 |
|
|
| Chelsea |
Kennebec |
ME |
Road Cut on ME9. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0028 |
|
|
| China Lake |
Kennebec |
ME |
Area outcrops of glacial clay-Palermo site –UTM 460,593mE 4,926,820mN; and E |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
marine mollusks-Mytilus |
ME0102 |
|
|
| China Lake |
Kennebec |
ME |
Area outcrops of glacial clay-Vassalboro site –UTM 450,750mE 4,923,230mN and E |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
marine mollusks-Portlandia |
ME0103 |
|
|
| Gardiner |
Kennebec |
ME |
Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0031 |
|
|
| Waterville |
Kennebec |
ME |
|
Cambrian? |
|
Nereites,Mirianites[?],(trilobites?) |
ME0087 |
|
|
| Waterville |
Kennebec |
ME |
In Devil Chair Quarry between Upper Main St and Quarry Rd |
|
|
Graptolites |
ME0104 |
|
|
| Waterville Esker |
Kennebec |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
|
fossils |
ME0105 |
|
|
| Fox Islands |
Knox |
ME |
in strip between pulpit Harbor to Southern Harbor |
Silurian |
|
diverse species |
ME0034 |
|
|
| North Haven |
Knox |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Polinices,Chlamys,Mya |
ME0106 |
|
|
| Owls Head |
Knox |
ME |
along seashore |
Cenozoic |
|
Fossil shells |
ME0036 |
|
|
| Rockland |
Knox |
ME |
along seashore |
Cenozoic |
|
Fossil shells |
ME0037 |
|
|
| Thomaston |
Knox |
ME |
in area Limestone quarries |
|
|
Avalonian fossils |
ME0038 |
|
|
| Vinalhaven |
Knox |
ME |
|
Silurian |
Ames Knob |
fossils |
ME0039 |
|
|
| Waldoboro |
Lincoln |
ME |
At Waldoboro North pit |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
13 genera-8 bivalves,4 gastropods;Arthropods-Balanus |
ME0107 |
|
|
| Waldoboro |
Lincoln |
ME |
At Whitney Corners pit |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
13 genera-8 bivalves,4 gastropods;Arthropods-Balanus |
ME0108 |
|
|
| Bangor |
Penobscot |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
Mya,Astarte,Yoldia |
ME0109 |
|
|
| Penobscot River |
Penobscot |
ME |
trace Fossils |
|
|
Oldhamia |
ME0043 |
|
|
| Allagash Wilderness Waterway |
Piscataquis |
ME |
Chamberlin Lake Collecting prohibited |
|
|
corals,Bryozoa,Stromatoporoids |
ME0044 |
|
|
| Allagash Wilderness Waterway |
Piscataquis |
ME |
Round Pond Collecting prohibited |
Devonian |
Seboomook Slate |
brachiopods,Gastropods |
ME0045 |
|
|
| Allagash Wilderness Waterway |
Piscataquis |
ME |
Smith Brook Collecting prohibited |
|
|
corals |
ME0046 |
|
|
| Allagash Wilderness Waterway |
Piscataquis |
ME |
Telos Lake Collecting prohibited |
Devonian |
Seboomook Slate |
brachiopods,Gastropods |
ME0047 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
1.6km SW from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6 R9 on N side of Trout Creek in shale |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Pertica |
ME0110 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
200m upstream from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6R9 in silt,sandstone,shale |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Psilophyton,Taeniocrada,Kaulangiophyton,Thursophyton,Deltoidospora,Apiculiretusispora,Emphanisporites,Clivosisporites,Tholisporites,Grandispora,Sphaerochitina |
ME0111 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
In NE corner of park in coarse siltstone matrix |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
Bivalves-Phthonia;brachiopods-Tropidoleptus,Mucrospirifer,Nucleospira |
ME0050 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
On Dry Brook 400m S of Grand Lake Rd T6R9 |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Drepanophycus |
ME0112 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
South Branch Pond Brook 500m downstream from mouth of Giffords Brook T5R9 –Red-Brown plant impressions on grey shale |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Psilophyton,Prototaxites |
ME0113 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
along Trout Brook T5 R10 |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Pertica |
ME0114 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
along Trout Brook T5 R9 — multiple localities? |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
plants-Psilophyton,Taeniocrada,Drepanophycus |
ME0115 |
|
|
| Baxter State Park |
Piscataquis |
ME |
in lakebed,volcanic ash deposits |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
Pertica quadrifaria an unusual plant fossil and other fossils. Devonian plants reported from unknown location in ME |
ME0055 |
|
|
| Lake Matagamon |
Piscataquis |
ME |
At cabin on N shore of Third Lake Matagamon |
Silurian |
|
brachiopods-Dalejina,Dolerorthis,Resserella,Eccentricosta,Mesoleptostrophia,Neumanella,Strophonella,Amphistrophonella,Gypidula,Eoplectodona?,Ferganella,Delthyris,Nucleospira,Atrypa;trilobite fragments |
ME0116 |
|
|
| Lobster Lake |
Piscataquis |
ME |
In shallow water marine sediments near top of complex sedimentary/volcanic sequence |
Ordovician |
|
profuse fossils |
ME0057 |
|
|
| Ripogenus Dam |
Piscataquis |
ME |
In carbonates interbedded with Sandstone in gorge below dam |
Silurian |
Ripogenus |
bryozoa,brachiopods,stromatoporoids,gastropods;Halysites |
ME0117 |
|
|
| Topsham |
Sagadahoc |
ME |
Bisson Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0059 |
|
|
| Topsham |
Sagadahoc |
ME |
ME196 bypass. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous and may only have been exposed during construction |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0060 |
|
|
| Topsham |
Sagadahoc |
ME |
Whorff Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0061 |
|
|
| Jackman |
Somerset |
ME |
At Loon Echo Campground in area exposures |
|
|
fossils |
ME0062 |
|
|
| Misery Ridge |
Somerset |
ME |
On East side of Brassua Lake East of and parallel to ME6-15. Gray sandstones |
Devonian Lower |
|
brachiopods at the base of beds. |
ME0063 |
This would probably be within a kilometer or so of 45.6496N,69.8019W |
|
| Rockwood |
Somerset |
ME |
In area road and RR cuts |
|
|
pockets of abundant fossils |
ME0064 |
|
|
| Rockwood |
Somerset |
ME |
along Moosehead Lake in sandstones and limestones |
Devonian |
Tarratine |
Brachiopods,some trilobites |
ME0065 |
|
|
| Lincolnville |
Waldo |
ME |
along seashore |
Cenozoic |
|
Fossil shells |
ME0066 |
|
|
| Prospect |
Waldo |
ME |
in gravel pit |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks;mammals-walrus |
ME0118 |
|
|
| Eastport |
Washington |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Colus,Clinocardium,Zirphaea,Hiatella |
ME0119 |
|
|
| Eastport |
Washington |
ME |
44d54m22sN,66d59m24sW (source says ‘Estimated based on Eastport,ME’) |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Colus,Clinocardium,Zirphaea,Hiatella |
ME0069 |
|
|
| Eastport |
Washington |
ME |
Near Great Pond |
Devonian |
Trout Valley |
Plant Fossils. |
ME0070 |
|
|
| Lubec |
Washington |
ME |
At Lubec Bluff on shore. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0120 |
|
|
| Lubec |
Washington |
ME |
Carrying Place Cove. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0121 |
|
|
| Machais Bay |
Washington |
ME |
In glacial moraine at Holmes Bay in NE part of Machais Bay |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
Mollusk-Portlandia |
ME0122 |
|
|
| Perry |
Washington |
ME |
44d58m North,67d4mW Collected in 1860s by William Dawson |
Devonian |
|
plants-Barinophyton |
ME0123 |
|
|
| Kennebunk |
York |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Buccinum,Musculus,Mytilus,Hiatella,Mya,Portlandia |
ME0124 |
|
|
| Kennebunk |
York |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Natica,Buccinum,Neptunea,Chlamys,Cerastoderma,Zirphaea,Astarte,Thracia,Portlandia |
ME0125 |
|
|
| Saco |
York |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Puncturella,Natica,Buccinum,Pecten,Astarte,Lyonsia,Pandora,Thracia,Nuculana,Yoldia,Portlandia,Yoldiella,Nucula |
ME0126 |
|
|
| Saco |
York |
ME |
in float on beach |
Holocene |
Leda Clay |
fossils |
ME0078 |
|
|
| South Berwick |
York |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks-Astarte |
ME0127 |
|
|
| Wells Beach |
York |
ME |
|
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot |
mollusks |
ME0128 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
ME |
|
Devonian |
Chapman Sandstone|Moose River Limestone |
Orthoceras,other fossils |
ME0084 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
ME |
|
Ordovician |
Shin Brook |
Brachiopod-Famatinorthis |
ME0085 |
|
|
| – |
[?] |
ME |
Whittington and Campbell |
Silurian |
|
Silicified trilobites |
ME0086 |
|
|
| Coastal Maine |
[?] |
ME |
Gravel pits in Coastal Maine |
Pleistocene |
Presumpscot Clay |
crabs,starfish,sand dollars,gastropods. |
ME0081 |
|
|
| NE Maine |
[?] |
ME |
|
Ordovician |
|
Brachiopods |
ME0082 |
|
|
| Western Maine |
[?] |
ME |
Beck Pond area? in limestones |
Devonian |
Beck Pond |
bryozoan-Habrostroma[?] |
ME0083 |
Beck Pond is in Somerset County near 45.3728N,70.3401W |
|