US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
Washington-DC22m below street level on E Capitol St while digging sewer between Texas and Burns Avenue in 1959Cretaceousa dinosaur (raptor) boneDC0009http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.8899,-76.9501,,GA1?|,
Washington-DCArea exposures in DC and Maryland in clays with ironstone nodules and ligniteCretaceousreptile bone fragments,teethDC0006http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/picbook/one.html38.8932,-77.0224,,GA4|,
Washington-DCDinosaur vertebrae in the Washington,DC areaCretaceousPotomac?DC000138.9358,-77.0103,,MCU|,
Washington-DCIn area excavations and cutsCretaceousArundelCreosaurus vertebraeDC000238.9358,-77.0103,,MCU|,
Washington-DCIn excavation at 1st and Channing Street NW in 1942CretaceousPotomacdinosaur bonesDC0003http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/696web/dinosaur.html38.9358,-77.0103,,MCU|,
Washington-DCIn excavation at 1st and F street in 1898CretaceousPotomacdinosaur bonesDC0004http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/696web/dinosaur.html38.9358,-77.0103,,MCU|,
Washington-DCalong Good Hope HillCretaceous-TertiarySharks teeth in greensandDC000538.9358,-77.0103,,MCU|,
Washington-DCin excavations and other exposures along the SE border South of the Anacostia RiverCretaceous, UpperSevernmarine fossils,dinosaur bonesDC0008http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.87,-76.97,,GA3|,
Washington-DCin excavations and other exposures in the NE part of the districtCretaceous, LowerPotomacdinosaur bonesDC0007http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gdouglas/articles/Kranz6.pdf38.93,-76.98,,GA4|,
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