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Found Here
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Otter
- Geologic interval
- Chesterian
- Age
- 335.4–323.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore
- Recorded occurrences
- 14
"red-brn shale; calcareous; calcareouos streaks and limestone nodules are fossiliferous. Intt. w/fine grain light grey ls.). Shallow, marginal marine conditions may have been more normal marine during deposition of this bed. BA2"
"Cascade Co., MT (#14227); coordinates based on approximated location of Cascade County, MT. Information not available for more precise assignment."
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 581 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 47.30000, -111.36667
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