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USGS 1315-PC, Yandell Springs

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43.02300, -112.06400View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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USGS 1315-PC, Yandell Springs is a fossil collection site in Idaho, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Thaynes Formation, dated to the Olenekian (249.9–246.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Obnixia thaynesiana.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Thaynes
Geologic interval
Olenekian
Age
249.9–246.7 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

Bingham County, Yandell Springs 15 min quad; 775 ft southwest of top of hill. SW1/4 NW1/4, Sec 1, T 4 S, R. 37 E

Fossils found here

Obnixia thaynesiana
Rhynchonellata · Notothyrididae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 109730 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 43.02300, -112.06400

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