Category:Mazon Creek fossil beds

English: Mazon Creek is a term for fossils in ironstone concretions found near Morris, Illinois, USA. Found in the Francis Creek Formation, the fossils date to the Pennsylvanian in the upper Carboniferous

This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is

Mazon Creek

place in Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places

Instance of

paleontological site

Location

Grundy County, Illinois

Heritage designation

National Historic Landmark (25 September 1997)
place listed on the National Register of Historic Places (25 September 1997)

Authority control

NRHP reference number: 97001272

41° 19′ 15.6″ N, 88° 20′ 45.6″ W

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

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► Pennsylvanian invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois: Eurypterida‎ (14 F)

Media in category "Mazon Creek fossil beds"

The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.

Acanthotelson stimpsoni fossil shrimp (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA).jpg 1,028 × 1,916; 1.51 MB
Annularia stellata fossil plant (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA) (15344675408).jpg 1,380 × 3,174; 1.63 MB
Anthracomedusa turnbulli fossil jellyfish (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA).jpg 3,132 × 2,872; 2.63 MB
Bandringa rayi fossil shark, Mazon Creek Lagerstatte.jpg 2,549 × 1,256; 1.04 MB
Belotelson.jpg 960 × 720; 75 KB
Essexella asherae fossil jellyfish (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA) 1.jpg 1,182 × 1,333; 288 KB
Essexella asherae fossil jellyfish (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA) 2.jpg 1,309 × 1,452; 348 KB
Gilpichthys greenei.jpg 357 × 500; 75 KB
Jimpohlia erinacea.jpg 258 × 186; 58 KB
Kallidecthes richardsoni fossil shrimp (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA).jpg 1,964 × 1,551; 1.05 MB
Macroneuropteris1.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 2.37 MB
Macroneuropteris2.jpg 2,222 × 1,667; 1.31 MB
Macroneuropteris3.jpg 7,613 × 2,498; 5.39 MB
Neuropteris flexuosa fossil plant (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA) (14910119354).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.79 MB
Pecopteris villosa.jpg 595 × 389; 52 KB
Pipiscus zangerli.jpg 381 × 500; 55 KB
Polysentor gorbairdi.jpg 771 × 500; 120 KB
PSM V72 D569 Micrerpeton caudatum moodie from the carboniferous of mazon creek.png 1,500 × 845; 521 KB
Skeleton of one of the oldest known American Amphibians Wellcome M0006025.jpg 3,246 × 3,639; 5.44 MB
Tullimonstrum.jpg 928 × 1,268; 688 KB

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