South side of Otokomi Mountain
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Found Here
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Appekunny
- Geologic interval
- Calymmian
- Age
- 1600–1400 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
The depositional environment is highly contentious, with some arguing for a marine connection and others arguing for a lacustrine setting.
South side of Otokomi Mountain
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 227963 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 48.71700, -113.53300
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