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Location; Region Illinois: ... The Galena Dolomite is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
Fossils are common from the Ordovician through the Pennsylvanian. Illinois has a reputation for rocks bearing large numbers of trilobite fossils, often of very high preservational quality. [1] There is a gap in Illinois' geologic record from the Mesozoic to the Pleistocene. During the Ice Age, Illinois was subject to glacial activity.
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Illinois, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation ... Galena Dolomite: Ordovician: Dubuque ...
It does not contain many fossils, although large trilobites and large cephalopods are known from Elmer-Lason Quarry. It is typically 75 to 100 feet thick. It is the only formation of the Maquoketa Group that is not exposed in northeastern Illinois. The type section for the Scales Formation is in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
Life restoration of the Permian snake-like amphibian Lysorophus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior †Lysorophus – type locality for genus †Marsupiocrinus †Meristina †Metacoceras †Milosaurus – type locality for genus †Monograptus †Monograptus dubius †Murchisonia †Naticopsis †Naticopsis carleyana †Naticopsis planifrons
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils.Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.
The Dubuque Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period . See also