US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for CONNECTICUT

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
BethelFairfieldCTin Pleistocene Bethel MarlPleistoceneBethel (CT)Campeloma,Galba,Gyraulus,Helisoma,Pisidium,Planorbella,Valvata,Musculium,SphaeriumCT000141.3711,-73.4144,,MCU|,
Lake SaltonstallFairfieldCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils upper bedCT000241.2817,-72.8617,,MCU|,
BerlinHartfordCTI91 CT9 InterchangeTriassicNewarktracks,plants,fishCT000341.6214,-72.7461,,MCU|,
BerlinHartfordCTRoad cuts along CT372TriassicNewarktracks,plantsCT000441.6214,-72.7461,,MCU|,
BerlinHartfordCTarea exposuresTriassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT000541.6214,-72.7461,,MCU|,
BerlinHartfordCTarea exposuresTriassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT000641.6214,-72.7461,,MCU|,
BristolHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants,Tracks Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT000741.6717,-72.9497,,MCU|,
Buckland StationHartfordCT1.6km N of Buckland Station,CT Dinosaur bones. Ammosaurus major. The head and fore parts of the specimen were incorporated into a bridge over Bigelow Brook in Manchester. Yaleosaurus and Anchisaurus solus were also found here.Triassic-JurassicNewark?CT0008|,
East WindsorHartfordCTat Ketch's MillsTriassic-JurassicNewarkdinosaur bonesCT0009UNKNOWN,,,MCU|,
EnfieldHartfordCTIn shales in Kelley-Fergueson Quarry Wall on E side of Connnecticut River about 1km S of the CT190 bridge over the river. (Cornet refers to the site as being in Suffield) In gray and red lacustrine shales. Pictures show the site as being perhaps 9m up an 11m quarry wall. Quarry was reclaimed (filled) in 1992TriassicPortlandplants-well preserved conifer branches and cones;insectsCT0085http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/sunstar/Conanthus/conanthus.htm41.9667, -72.60,,GA1|Triassic,
HartfordHartfordCTState Park at Rocky Hill South of Hartford East of exit 23 from I-91) displays many footprints and tracks. There are provisions for making casts of footprints.Triassic-JurassicNewarkEubrontes,Grallator {7}CT001041.7828,-72.6981,,MCU|,
ManchesterHartfordCT1.6km N of Buckland Quarry at Wolcott Quarry 41.8106dN 72d33m4sWJurassicPortland Arkosevertebrates-AnchisaurusCT001241.8106,-72.5511|,
ManchesterHartfordCTin area exposures and 2 km N of Buckland Station in quarryTriassic-JurassicNewarkAnchisaurus,Ammosaurus,YaleosaurusCT0013The nomenclature of the genera found at this quarry is very complicated with quite a few names having been assigned and discarded over many decades. I think the three names cited here are the survivors.41.7758,-72.5219,,MCU|,
ManchesterHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkDinosaur bonesCT001141.7758,-72.5219,,MCU|,
Newgate PrisonHartfordCTIn Granby?Triassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT001441.9619,-72.7456,,SCU|,
NewingtonHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkabout 400 tracks taken from small area in 1960sCT001541.6906,-72.7450,,MCU|,
North BloomfieldHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT001641.8861,-72.7469,,MCU|,
NorthamptonHartfordCT(more likely Northampton,MA)Triassic-JurassicNewarkReptile Prints - EubrontesCT001741.6433,-72.8833,,SCU|,
Rocky HillHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils,Reptile bedsCT001841.6647,-72.6397,,MCU|,
Rocky Hill State ParkHartfordCTE of Exit 23 from I91 off West Street near Veteran's HomeTriassic-JurassicNewarkDinosaur footprints,museum - EubrontesCT0019|,
Sawmill HollowHartfordCT7 km SW of Middletown in red SandstoneTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish CatopterusCT0020|,
SimsburyHartfordCT800m S of RR Station in Simsbury,CTTriassicNewarkReptile BonesCT002141.8758,-72.8017,,MCU|,
SimsburyHartfordCTin quarry S of RR stationTriassic-JurassicNewarkSaurian bones - Rutiodon,ClepsysaurusCT002241.8758,-72.8017,,MCU|,
SouthingtonHartfordCTAt abandoned quarry near Shuttle Meadow Reservoir,41d37.694mN,072d50.013mWTriassicShuttle MeadowPlants,reptile footprints,fishCT002441.6231,-72.8336|,
SouthingtonHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT002341.6011,-72.8781,,MCU|,
Southington?HartfordCTIn road cuts along I84 at Cooks Gap near 41d40.50mN,72d49.25mWTriassicShuttle MeadowPlantsCT002541.675,-72.8208|,
SuffieldHartfordCTTracks near Enfield BridgeTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT002641.9817,-72.6511,,MCU|,
TarrifvilleHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants -Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0027|,
West WindsorHartfordCTIn blast debris at well near Ketch's MillJurassicPortlandvertebrates-AnchisaurusCT0028|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTFound during construction of Church of the Incarnation on Prospect StreetTriassicNewarkDinosaur tracksCT002941.6894,-72.6511,,MCU|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTIn Cove on Connecticut River and 3.2km to the South of the cove.TriassicNewarkNumerous reptile footprintsCT003041.6894,-72.6511,,MCU|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTTracks in Red Shale In Cove on Connecticut River 3.5 km S of previous locationTriassic-JurassicNewarktracksCT003241.6894,-72.6511,,MCU|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTTracks in Red Shale In Cove on Connecticut RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarktracksCT003141.6894,-72.6511,,MCU|,
WindsorHartfordCTMatianuck AvenueHolocene (13500 BP)Plant fossilsCT003341.8219,-72.5367,,MCU|,
Pomperaug ValleyLitchfield?CTSame sequence of Rocks as Connecticut ValleyTriassic-JurassicNewark?CT0035|,
WoodburyLitchfieldCTSequence of Triassic rocks in Cherry Valley Similar to those in the Connecticut ValleyTriassic-JurassicNewark?CT003441.5503,-73.2058,,MCU|,
Chestnut BrookMiddlesexCTIn ravine above brook and CT9 in shale and sandstoneJurassicPortlandfootprints,pollenCT003641.9144,-72.5483,,MCU|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTAlong Field Creek 500 meters W of Hwy (CT147?, CT17?) from Middlefield to Durham from just SW of Middlefield to Durham city limits just N of Waterfalls in a series of exposures area fish fossils lower and upper bedTriassic-JurassicNewarkSemionotus,Ptycholepis,Many genera,Plants,Tracks,Redfieldia,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes Also MormolucoidesCT003741.4926,-72.6960,,GA2?|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTIn three foot black calcaerous shale layer in a stream bed 1.6km NE of classic locality S of Durham. First investigated by Loper (1891) but not worked until 1970sTriassicShuttle MeadowPlants,Fish-Diplurus,Seminotia,Redfieldia,PtycholepisCT0084http://www.archive.org/stream/ptycholepismarsh3312scha/ptycholepismarsh3312scha_djvu.txt41.477589,-72.668209,,GA2?|Triassic,
DurhamMiddlesexCTIn two foot black calcaerous shale layer in a stream bed S of Durham. First investigated by Davis and Loper (1891) but visited by many others later. Reported in 1975 to be largely covered and marked by large piles of discarded shaleTriassicShuttle MeadowPlants,Fish-Diplurus,Seminotia,Redfieldia,PtycholepisCT0083http://www.archive.org/stream/ptycholepismarsh3312scha/ptycholepismarsh3312scha_djvu.txt41.4649,-72.6848,,GA2?|Triassic,
DurhamMiddlesexCTOn W Slope of Totoket Mountain black mudstone and limestoneTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,fishCT003841.4960,-72.6694,,GA2?|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTalong Field Creek 500 meters W of Hwy (CT147?,CT17?) from Middlefield to Durham from just SW of Middlefield to Durham city limits just N of Waterfalls in a series of exposures area fish fossils lower and upper bed . Many generaTriassic-JurassicNewarkplants,Tracks Redfieldia,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes Also Mormolucoides,Semionotus,Ptycholepis,CT003941.4926,-72.6960,,GA2?|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTlakebed depositsCarboniferousWell preserved fish fossilsCT0040Original says Durham,MA -- but there seems to be no such town41.4926,-72.6960,,GA2?|,
HigbyMiddlesex?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT005441.5439,-72.7428,,MCU|,
Laurel BrookMiddlesexCTin black organic shaleJurassicPortlandfish,pollenCT004141.5369,-72.6839,,MCU|,
MiddlefieldMiddlesexCTTriassicLockatongDinosaur tracksCT004241.5172,-72.7125,,MCU|,
MiddlefieldMiddlesexCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils upper bed,tracks. Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes,InsectsCT004341.5172,-72.7125,,MCU|,
MiddletonMiddlesexCTIn RR Cut near Middletown,CTTriassicNewarkTriassic arthropods (ostracods?)CT0044Both spellings 'Middleton' and 'Middletown' seem to be in use -- seems to be the same place.41.5544,-72.6583,,SCU|,
MiddletownMiddlesexCT3.2km W in quarry 41.5484319N,-72.69136WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,OrnithoidichnitesCT004541.5484,-72.6914|,
Old SaybrookMiddlesexCTJurassic dinosaur tracksAnomoepusCT004641.2917,-72.3767,,MCU|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTFootprints in old building stone quarries on E bank of Connecticut RiverTriassic-JurassicNewark7 Genera OtozoumCT004741.5728,-72.6411,,MCU|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTFrom Sandstone Quarries opposite Middletown 41d34mN 72d38mJurassicPortland Arkosevertebrates-CoelophysisCT004841.5728,-72.6411,,MCU|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTIn Brownstone quarries at 41d34.50mN,72d38.50m'WTriassicNewarkNumerous dinosaur tracksCT004941.575,-72.6417|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTin shale close to trap rock RidgeTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT005041.5728,-72.6411,,MCU|,
Rocky HillMiddlesexCTAt Dinosaur State Park 41d39m4sN 72d39m25sWJurassicEast BerlinReptile footprints-Grallator,Anchisauripus,Eubrontes,BatrachopusCT005141.6647,-72.6397,,MCU|,
WestfieldMiddlesex?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT0055UNKNOWN,,,MCU|,
WethersfieldMiddlesexCT3.2-6.4km S of 'The Cove' on the West side of the Connecticut River -- 41.6961143N 72.6578701WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,Anomoepus,Arachichnus,Argoides,Corvipes,Exocampe,Grallator,Harpedactylus,Ornithoidichnites,Palamopus,Platypterna,Plectropterna,Plesiornis,Eubrontes,Sauroidichnites,Sillimanius,Steropoides,TypopusCT005241.6961,-72.6579|,
WethersfieldMiddlesexCTAt 'The Cove' on the West side of the Connecticut River -- 41.7250999N,-72.6578701WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,Anomoepus,Argoides,Eubrontes,Grallator,Plesiornis,SillimaniusCT005341.7251,-72.6579|,
Bluff HeadNew HavenCTfish fossils lower bedTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants,TracksCT005641.4200,-72.7000,,MCU|,
CheshireNew HavenCTAt I491 CT84 junctionTriassicNew Havendinosaur bones-ErpetosuchusCT005741.4989,-72.9011,,MCU|,
CheshireNew HavenCTJust S of I691 -- 2000 Olsen -- 41d33m32sN,72d54m28sWTriassicNew HavenReptile footprints(?)ErpetosuchusCT005841.5589,-72.9078|,
Fair HavenNew HavenCTarea - In a quarry near the Ferry Street Bridge over the Quinnipiac RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarkReptile bones.CT005941.3111,-72.8961,,MCU|,
Fair HavenNew HavenCTin quarry near the Perry St Bridge over the Quinnipiac RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarkbones (Stegomus plates)CT006041.3111,-72.8961,,MCU|,
Highland BrookNew Haven?CTIn gray siltstonesTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,fishCT007741.914297,-72.544731,,CU|,
Killiams PointNew HavenCT41d16m46sN 72d48m54sWHolocene (4000BP)Gastropods-LittorinaCT006141.2794,-72.8150|,
New HavenNew HavenCTarea exposuresTriassic-JurassicNewarkreptile bones in arkosic depositsCT006241.2989,-73.0072,,MCU|,
New HavenNew HavenCTin area exposures of New Haven ArkoseTriassic-JurassicNewarkphytosaur,aetosaur,crocodile remains in area exposures of New Haven Arkose - StegomusCT006341.2989,-73.0072,,MCU|,
New HavenNew HavenCTin sandstoneTriassicNewarkReptile bones - HypsognathusCT006441.2989,-73.0072,,MCU|,
North BranfieldNew Haven?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarktracks near Sugar Loaf TunnelCT0078|,
North BranfordNew HavenCTOn Totoket Mountain near Bluff HeadTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-RedfieldiusCT006541.419946,-72.70134,,GA1|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTBluff Head. There may be multiple sitesTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-Redfieldius,Semionotus,WhiteaCT006641.419946,-72.70134,,GA1|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTIn stream cut on NE side of Totoket Mountain in black shale 41d23m50sN 72d46m0sWTriassicShuttle Meadowvertebrates-CoelophysisCT006741.3972, -72.7667|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTNear North tip of Totoket Mountain in gray shaleTriassicShuttle MeadowpollenCT006841.4310,-72.7197,,GA1|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTOld Loper Site reopened by Cornet and MacDonald(1970)TriassicShuttle MeadowFish-PtycholepisCT0082http://www.archive.org/stream/ptycholepismarsh3312scha/ptycholepismarsh3312scha_djvu.txt41.4107,-72.7168,,GA2?|Triassic,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTOn E Slope of Totoket Mountain in green shale,black mudstone and limestoneTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,plant fragmentsCT006941.4107,-72.7168,,GA2?|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTOn slope of Totoket MountainTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-PtycholepisCT007041.4107,-72.7168,,GA2?|,
Pistapaug MountainNew HavenCTE of Pistapaug Mt in CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT007141.4317,-72.7375,,SCU|,
South BritainNew HavenCTin exposure on Pomperaug RiverTriassicfishCT007241.4708,-73.2519,,MCU|,
SouthburyNew HavenCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT007341.4814,-73.2136,,MCU|,
Totoket MountainNew HavenCTW slope of Totoket Mt in CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkvertebrates. fish and reptile remains in black shalesCT007441.3972,-72.7667,,SCU|,
Totoket MountainNew HavenCTat 'Bluff Head',fossils in black lakebed shales interbedded with limestones. 19th Century locality rediscovered in 1969. Now a Connecticut State Park. http://www.monmouth.com/~bcornet/blufhead.htmTriassicShuttle MeadowAbundant fish Redfieldius,Ptycholepis,Semionotus,coprolites,leaf impressionsCT007541.3972,-72.7667,,SCU|,
Totoket ReservoirNew HavenCTFrom the West Portal of Sugarloaf Tunnel 3.2km N of dam 13.6km E of New Haven 41d20m26sN 72d45m57sWJurassicNewarkreptile footprints-Anchisaurus,Batrachopus,Eubrontes,Gigandipus,Grallator,Shepardia;Amphibian footprints-Triaenopus;Brachiopods-Catopterus,Lopia[?];Fish-SemionotusCT0076No citations for 'Lopia' 07060841.390398,-72.109921,,CU|,
EllingtonTollandCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkbonesCT007941.9039,-72.4703,,MCU|,
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