US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for ILLINOIS

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
-	[?]	IL	NW 1/2 SW 1/4 sec. 15 T 11N R4E			vertebrates-Listracanthus	IL0200				\|	,
-	[?]	IL		Silurian	Racine Dolomite	worms	IL0198				\|	,
-	[?]	IL		Silurian	Racine Dolomite	worms	IL0199				\|	,
Southernmost Illinois	[?]	IL	In 6m of sand and clay -- generally only a few poorly preserved molds in surface exposures. Reported species are apparently from a clay pit since reclaimed	Paleocene	Clayton	40 plus species of mollusks,bryozoa,Decapods,a few fish teeth and scales	IL0197		http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:vLt7J-fUoeAJ:www.science.siu.edu/geology/people/utgaard/Copeetal.pdf+clayton+Illinois+survival&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us		\|	,
-	-	IL	Along the Mississippi River from Cairo,IL to Baton Rouge,LA in loess (wind blown silt) deposits ranging from 9 to 23 meters in thickness and 50 to 100km in width (thicker in North and better developed on E side of river)	Pleistocene		terrestrial and occasional lacustrian gastropods. A few bivalves	IL0001				\|	,
-	-	IL	In Southern IL	Mississippian	Tar Springs	Ichnofossils-Skolithos	IL0217		http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?toledo1116014816		\|	,
LaFarge	-	IL		Pennsylvanian?		plants	IL0203		http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf		\|	,
Lone Star	-	IL	Lone Star Pit #3	Pennsylvanian	Braidwood?	plants?,marine fossils-crinoids	IL0204		http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf	37.3039,-89.3200,,MCU	\|	,
-	Adams	IL	In S part of County in coal beds			corals: Lithostrotion,Archimedes,Bryozoa	IL0005				\|	,
-	Adams	IL	In marine shales	Pennsylvanian		Pelecypod-Euchondria	IL0205		http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1		\|	,
-	Adams	IL	throughout county in dark gray shales	Pennsylvanian	Des Moines	pelecypods - Euchondria; Aviculopecten	IL0006				\|	,
Clayton	Adams	IL	2 km SE in coal exposures along branch of McGee's Creek sw1/4s34t1nr5w -90.972078 40.0230 90.9664 400m SW of Clayton			Discina,Aviculopecten	IL0002	Discina is both a genus of brachiopod and a genus of fungus		40.0230,-90.972078, sw1/4s34t1nr5w	\|	,
Quincy	Adams	IL	NE in old quarries			Archimedes,Agaricocrinus,Actinocrinus,Spirifer,Productus,Zaphrentis	IL0004			41.8786,-87.6339,,MCU	\|	,
Quincy	Adams	IL		Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Chomatodus,Cochliodus,Deltodus,Ichthyodorulites,Orodus,Psammodus,Sandalodus	IL0003			41.8786,-87.6339,,MCU	\|	,
Quincy	Adams	IL			Burlington	fossils	IL0234		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	41.8786,-87.6339,,MCU	\|	,
Thebes	Alexander	IL	3 km below along Orchard Creek	Silurian Lower	Cincinnatian	Glyptocrinus,Chaetetes,Asaphus,Orthis,Strophomena,Conularia,Cyclonema,Cyrtolites	IL0007			37.2208,-89.4608,,MCU	\|	,
Thebes	Alexander	IL	4 km above	Silurian	Clear Creek Limestone	Dalmanites,Strophomena	IL0008			37.2208,-89.4608,,MCU	\|	,
Belvidere	Boone	IL	6 km NW	Ordovician	Galena	Receptaculites,Murchisonia,Pleurotomaria,Ambonychia,Bellerophon,Orthoceras	IL0009			42.2639,-88.8442,,MCU	\|	,
-	Brown	IL	Early Pennsylvanian plants in shales at 'Spencer Farm'	Pennsylvanian		Paleipteridium,Eremopteris,Alloiopteris,Gulpenia[?],Megalopteris	IL0014	No citations for 'Gulpenia' 050527			\|	,
-	Brown	IL	In northeastern part of County along LaMoine river in river bluff and road cuts.	Pennsylvanian Lower	Caseyville Sandstone	29 Genera of Plants Megalopteris,Noeggerathiales	IL0015				\|	,
Chambersburg	Brown	IL	In Limestone outcrops in bed of McGee's Creek			Agaricocrinus,Archimedes,Spirifer	IL0010			39.8172,-90.6572,,MCU	\|	,
LaMoine	Brown	IL	in river bluffs and road cuts. Spencer Farm Flora			excellent fossils	IL0011			40.3194,-90.8603,,MCU	\|	,
LaMoine River	Brown	IL	in NE part of county in area road cuts	Pennsylvanian	Caseyville	29 plant species	IL0012				\|	,
Mount Sterling	Brown	IL	10 km S on Dry Fork of McGee's Creek in Limestone and Sandstone	Mississippian		Lithostrotion,Archeocidaris,Granatocrinus	IL0013			40.0100,-90.7525,,MCU	\|	,
Sheffield	Bureau	IL	Area strip mines			Coelenterates -Lophophyllidium; Brachiopods - Neospirifer.	IL0016			41.3533,-89.7306,,MCU	\|	,
Batchtown	Calhoun	IL	1.6km N	Ordovician	Kimmswick Limestone	Trilobite-Acrolichas,Ceraurinus,many others	IL0270		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Batchtown	Calhoun	IL	2km S	Ordovician	Kimmswick Limestone	Trilobite-Acrolichas,Bronteus,others	IL0271		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
-	Carroll	IL	area exposures	Ordovician		Cincinnatian faunas	IL0020				\|	,
Mount Carroll	Carroll	IL	In lead mines N and W of town	Ordovician	Galena	Receptaculites,large Orthoceras,corals,abundant trilobite fragments	IL0017			42.0950,-89.9781,,MCU	\|	,
Savannah	Carroll	IL	area exposures			Brachiopods -Pentamerus; Coelenterates - Thecia,Catenipora; Arthropods -Isotelus,Blainia	IL0018				\|	,
Savannah	Carroll	IL	quarries above and below town in limestones	Silurian Lower		Large perfect trilobites -Asaphus,Orthis,Orthoceratites,Chaetetes,trilobite fragments	IL0019				\|	,
-	Clinton	IL	along S county line in Upper Coal Measures	Pennsylvanian		pelecypods - Streblochondria	IL0022				\|	,
Carlyle	Clinton	IL	N1/4S19T2r2 in banks and bed of Okaw River -89.313218 38.6061 89.3650 South edge of Carlyle	-		Bryozoa,Productus,Spirifer	IL0021	Unable to identify a Shoal Creek formation in IL		38.6061,-89.3650, N1/4S19T2r2	\|	,
Blue Island	Cook	IL	2 km SW about 11 km NW of Thornton in quarries			Ostrocerata[?],fucoids(traces)	IL0024	No citations for 'Ostrocerata' 050527		39.6642,-90.6272,,MCU	\|	,
Blue Island	Cook	IL	SW in rocks excavated from Calumet feeder of Chicago Drainage Canal	Silurian	Racine	worm-Lecthaylus,Protoscolex	IL0265		http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt	39.6642,-90.6272,,MCU	\|	,
Blue Island	Cook	IL		Silurian		Conularia	IL0023			39.6642,-90.6272,,MCU	\|	,
Bridgeport	Cook	IL	In area quarries			Favosites,Diphyphyllum,Halysites,Caryocrinus,Atrypa,Meristella,Spirifer,Pentamerus,Strophomena. Pleurotomaria,others	IL0025			48.7058,-87.7600,,MCU	\|	,
Chicago	Cook	IL	Bridgeport Quarry	Silurian	Niagaran	Trilobite-Acidaspis	IL0269		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Chicago	Cook	IL	Dolese-Shepard Quarry (Hawthorn, IL)	Silurian	Niagaran	Trilobite-Arctinurus	IL0273		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Chicago	Cook	IL	Federal Stone Company Quarry	Silurian	Racine	worm-Proastrum	IL0266		http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt	41.8842,-87.6292,,MCU	\|	,
Chicago	Cook	IL	In area quarries			Pentamerus,Pleurotomaria,shells,trilobite fragments. corals,crinoids	IL0026			41.8842,-87.6292,,MCU	\|	,
Evanston	Cook	IL	N of University Grove along Lake Michigan shoreline,fresh water fossils			Unio,Pisidium,Physa,Lymnaea,Planorbis,Valvata,Amnicola,Melontho,Ancylus,etc	IL0027			42.0411,-87.6900,,MCU	\|	,
Lemont	Cook	IL		Silurian	Niagaran	Trilobite-Arctinurus	IL0276		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Old Thornton	Cook	IL	In area Limestone quarries			Pentamerus,Favosites	IL0028				\|	,
Thornton	Cook	IL	in reef exposures in large quarries at intersection of IL43 and IL394	Silurian	Racine	brachiopods,crinoids	IL0029			41.5681,-87.6081,,MCU	\|	,
-	DeKalb	IL	In glacial drift	Pleistocene		mammal bones and teeth,Petrified Wood,Crustacea in nodules,fish bones,fish teeth,Mollusks: Turritella,Cancellaria	IL0035				\|	,
Aurora	DeKalb	IL	In RR cuts of Chicago,Burlington and Quincy RR outside city			bones and teeth of Mastodon.	IL0030			41.7606,-88.3200,,MCU	\|	,
Fox River	DeKalb	IL	meters in S3t4r8 in The PLSS coordinates lack direction modifiers (NSEW) and probably wouldn't make sense even if the modifiers were there. The Fox River flows South thru adjacent Kane County. A few minor streams in the Southeastern portion of DeKalb County drain into the Fox River but none are identified as forks of the Fox River.	Silurian	Niagaran	Orthis,Strophomena,Leptaena,etc	IL0031				\|	,
Milan	DeKalb	IL	Collinson Quarry in fracture fill material	Pennsylvanian	Abbott\|Spoon	Vertebrate-Cricotus	IL0033			41.3911,-90.5708,,MCU	\|	,
Milan	DeKalb	IL		Mississippian	St Louis	fish-Psephodus teeth	IL0032			41.3911,-90.5708,,MCU	\|	,
Stewartsville	DeKalb	IL	N of town on N bank of Kishwaukee River	Ordovician	Cincinnatian	trilobite fragments	IL0034				\|	,
-	Du Page	IL	In glacial drift	Pleistocene		mammal bones and teeth,mastodon,Castoroides	IL0036				\|	,
Elmhurst	Du Page	IL	In limestone fragments in crevice fill in Niagara Limestone	Devonian		brachiopods;fish teeth	IL0262		Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vols 1-44 p355	41.899474,-87.940342,,CU	\|	,
Lemont	Du Page	IL	In area	Silurian	Niagaran	fossils	IL0242		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.673642,-88.001726,,CU	\|	,
Paris	Edgar	IL	N on US150 3.2km from Twin Lakes Dam. E 3.2km. S 320m. E 3.2km to St Aloysius Church. N to abandoned Quarry NE1/4S10T14NR11W 39.6757 87.6270 8km NE of Paris	Pennsylvanian		marine fossils	IL0206		https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/2022/280/1/C06.pdf	39.6757,-87.6270, NE1/4S10T14NR11W	\|	,
Teutopolis	Effingham	IL	1.6km N			Gastropods-Baylea	IL0037			39.1331,-88.4719,,MCU	\|	,
Ramsey	Fayette	IL	Abundant fossils	Pennsylvanian?		Mollusks	IL0228		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	39.144488,-89.108685,,CU	\|	,
Christopher	Franklin	IL	Old Ben No 11 Mine	Pennsylvanian	Energy Shale	Well preserved tree ferns	IL0207		http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf	37.9725,-89.0533,,MCU	\|	,
-	Fulton	IL	in black shales in spoil piles of Alden Mine #5	Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	plant fossils,fish fragments,brachiopods	IL0040				\|	,
Alden Mine	Fulton	IL	on waste piles in pyrite concretions	Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	plants,brachiopods	IL0038			40.7086,-90.0142,,MCU	\|	,
Alden Mine No 5	Fulton	IL		Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	in concretions - Lepidodendron,Brachiopods,sponges,fish fragments,Phyllocarid fragments.	IL0039				\|	,
Canton	Fulton	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0235		An American Geological Railway Guide p211	40.558095,-90.035117,,CU	\|	,
-	Gallatin	IL	At bridge over N fork of Saline River	Pennsylvanian		Pelecypod-Psuedomontis	IL0208		http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1		\|	,
Saline River	Gallatin	IL	In shales along creek			Selenimyalina	IL0041			37.6433,-88.6242,,MCU	\|	,
Saline River	Gallatin	IL	at bridge over N branch in dark Limestone	Pennsylvanian		pelecypods - Pseudomonotis	IL0042			37.6433,-88.6242,,MCU	\|	,
Carrolton	Greene	IL	Keokuk fossils 4.8km NE		Keokuk	fossils	IL0253		An American Geological Railway Guide p213		\|	,
Whitehall	Greene	IL	Keokuk fossils 2.4km S		Keokuk	fossils	IL0254		An American Geological Railway Guide p213		\|	,
Braceville	Grundy	IL	abundant fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0247		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.2269,-88.2647,,MCU	\|	,
Braceville	Grundy	IL				-	IL0209		http://www.esconi.org/ESCONI Newsletter PDF/ESCONI_Newsletter_11-2007.pdf	41.2269,-88.2647,,MCU	\|	,
Dresden Lake	Grundy	IL	In ironstone concretion	Pennsylvanian	Francis Creek	Paleoniscoid fish	IL0043				\|	,
Dresden Lakes	Grundy?	IL	Mazon Creek nodules -- Fee area	Pennsylvanian		Plants,invertebrates	IL0054	Can't locate Dresden Lakes IL			\|	,
East Brooklyn	Grundy	IL	E on road to Essex in Pit 14 of Peabody coal Co.			Gastropods -- Glabocingulum,Euphemites,Conodonts,Shark teeth -- Cladodus,Edestus,Listracanthus spines,Fish fragments in shales	IL0044	'Globrocinglum' in the original		41.1733,-88.2639,,MCU	\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	A series of strip mines running SSW to NNE across I55 N of the IL113 intersection. The junction of IL113, IL129 and IL53 is near the E end of the mined area. {9} V11 No4 in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0045				\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	Coal City in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0046				\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	Greer School of Heavy Earth Moving in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0047				\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	Mazon Creek #1			vertebrates-Elonichthys,Platysomus,Sagenodus	IL0048				\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	Most of the surface area of Grundy County,IL,in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0049				\|	,
Mazon Creek	Grundy	IL	Pit 11 of Peabody Coal Co,Will County in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0050				\|	,
Morris	Grundy	IL	6.2 km SE in 6 meters of sandy shales overlying coal in Mazon Creek in nodules in sandstone in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants and rarely animals	IL0051			38.5533,-90.1742,,MCU	\|	,
Morris	Grundy	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0238		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	38.5533,-90.1742,,MCU	\|	,
Peabody Coal Pit 14	Grundy	IL		Pennsylvanian		vertebrates-Listracanthus,Paleoniscoid	IL0052				\|	,
Pit 6	Grundy	IL	In ironstone concretion	Pennsylvanian	Francis Creek	Paleoniscoid fish	IL0053			38.1803,-89.7794,,MCU	\|	,
Brunce's[?] Creek	Hancock	IL	limestones	Mississippian	Keokuk	mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth	IL0055	Unable to locate 'Brunces Creek' or anything similar in Hancock County			\|	,
Crooked Creek	Hancock	IL	limestones	Mississippian	Keokuk	mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth	IL0056			41.5275,-89.6708,,MCU	\|	,
Dallas City	Hancock	IL		Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Mesodmodus	IL0057			40.6361,-91.1672,,MCU	\|	,
Eastern Hancock County	Hancock	IL	limestones in river banks	Mississippian	Keokuk	mollusks,corals,crinoids,trilobites,fish spines,teeth	IL0058				\|	,
Hamilton	Hancock	IL	Opposite Keokuk,Iowa	Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Antliodus,Bradyodont,Cladoselache,Cochliodus,Orodus	IL0060			39.5944,-89.5944,,MCU	\|	,
Hamilton	Hancock	IL				brachiopods -Echinoconchus	IL0059			39.5944,-89.5944,,MCU	\|	,
Nauvoo	Hancock	IL	In area quarries	Mississippian	Keokuk	mollusks,corals,crinoids - Agaricocrinites,Platycrinus,trilobites,fish (48 species),bryozoa,Brachiopods - Spirifer	IL0062			40.5500,-91.3847,,MCU	\|	,
Nauvoo	Hancock	IL		Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Cladoselache,Cochliodus,Deltoptychius,Sandalodus	IL0061			40.5500,-91.3847,,MCU	\|	,
Plymouth	Hancock	IL	NW at old Colchester Quarry			brachiopods,corals,crinoids	IL0063			40.3378,-90.8600,,MCU	\|	,
Warsaw	Hancock	IL	In area Limestone quarries	Carboniferous		Archimedes,bryozoa - Coscinium,Brachiopods,Conularia,Crinoids - Cyathocrinus,Platycrinus,Platycrinus,Rhodocrinus	IL0066			40.3592,-91.4344,,MCU	\|	,
Warsaw	Hancock	IL		Mississippian		Bryozoa - Archimedes	IL0065			40.3592,-91.4344,,MCU	\|	,
Warsaw	Hancock	IL				Bryozoa Archimedes	IL0064			40.3592,-91.4344,,MCU	\|	,
Cave In Rock	Hardin	IL	At Hastie's Quarry at junction between Levias and Renault formations	Mississippian	Paoli\|Mooretown	Fossil debris? abundant echinoderm fragments-crinoids,Pentremites,Diploblastus and brachiopods-Composita,Cleiothyridina	IL0216	Paleolist- 02/03/2008 08:19 PM			\|	,
Cave in Rock	Hardin	IL	to NW	Mississippian		Fossils replaced by fluorite.-- Blastoids,Brachiopods,Bryozoa	IL0067			37.4769,-88.1661,,MCU	\|	,
Hardin County	Hardin	IL	Limestone outcrops	Mississippian	St Louis	silicified corals - Lithostrotion,mollusks,brachiopods	IL0068			37.5167,-88.5167,,SCU	\|	,
Bald Bluff	Henderson	IL	In Limestone outcrops	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	crinoids - Actinocrinus,brachiopods - Productus,Spirifer,Athyris,ammonites	IL0069			41.0322,-90.8822,,MCU	\|	,
Biggsville	Henderson	IL		Mississippian	Burlington	Shark Teeth-Orodus,Deltodus,Cladodus,Petalodus,Chomatodus	IL0218		http://www.fossiliferous.co.uk/raysusa.htm	40.853650,-90.864862,,CU	\|	,
Sagetown	Henderson	IL			Burlington	fossils	IL0232		An American Geological Railway Guide p210		\|	,
Atkinson	Henry	IL	Marine faunas in abandoned strip mines			Cephalopods - Endolobus,Michelinoceras,Gonioceras,Dimorphoceras; Gastropods - Bembexia,Natica,Vivaparus,Lunatia,Planorbis,Bucania,Pharkidonotus,Straparolus,Cyrtolites,Meekospira,Trepospira,Cymatospira; Brachiopods - Marginifera,others	IL0070			41.4208,-90.0150,,MCU	\|	,
Kewanee	Henry	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0230		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	41.245593,-89.924830,,CU	\|	,
Knightston	Henry	IL	on Blue River in Limestone	Silurian		Calymene	IL0071	There are several towns called Knightston in the US,but there does not seem to be one in Illinois.			\|	,
-	Jackson	IL	in sandstone outcrops in streams and creeks W of IL127	Pennsylvanian	Caseyville	plant fossils - Calamites,Trigonocarpus,Lepidodendron,Syringodendron.	IL0076				\|	,
Carbondale	Jackson	IL	in Pennsylvanian coal shales	Pennsylvanian		mollusks Shansiella (pyritized)	IL0072			37.7272,-89.2167,,MCU	\|	,
Carbondale	Jackson	IL	in strip mine in Energy shale adjacent to Herrin No 6 coal seam http://www.science.siu.edu/geology/big/paper.htm	Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	plants,crustacea,a few marine animals	IL0073			37.7272,-89.2167,,MCU	\|	,
Grand Tower	Jackson	IL	On N slope of 1.6km rocky ridge on E side of the Mississippi River running N from Grand Tower	Devonian	Grand Tower	Trilobite-Ceratocephala,Dalmanites	IL0279		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Grand Tower	Jackson	IL	in spoil banks from dredging			fossils	IL0074			37.6264,-89.4978,,MCU	\|	,
Murphysboro	Jackson	IL	in creekbeds W of IL127 8km S.	Pennsylvanian Lower	Caseyville Sandstone	Calamites,Trigonocarpus,Lepidodendron,Syringodendron.	IL0075			37.7733,-88.3800,,MCU	\|	,
Falmouth	Jasper	IL	SWVa, Sec. 15, T7N., R3E., about 3 1 / 2 miles southeast of Falmouth (Falmouth Channel)	Silurian	Racine	worm-Spirorbis	IL0267		http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt	39.054764,-88.145594,,CU	\|	,
Grafton	Jersey	IL	8 km downstream	Mississippian	Kinderhook	a few brachiopods - Spirifer,Productus,Athyris. A few ammonites.	IL0080			38.9700,-90.4314,,MCU	\|	,
Grafton	Jersey	IL	alongside IL100 at Jersey Hollow	Mississippian	Chouteau Limestone	Trilobite-Breviphillipsia	IL0278		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Grafton	Jersey	IL		Silurian	Edgewood	Trilobites Calymene	IL0078			38.9700,-90.4314,,MCU	\|	,
Grafton	Jersey	IL		Silurian	Racine	Trilobites - Calymene	IL0079			38.9700,-90.4314,,MCU	\|	,
Grafton	Jersey	IL				Trilobites Calymene	IL0077			38.9700,-90.4314,,MCU	\|	,
Cordova	Jo Daviess	IL	A variety of corals in area quarries			corals	IL0081			41.6803,-90.3189,,MCU	\|	,
Cordova	Jo Daviess	IL	In quarries and other Limestone exposures	Silurian	Niagaran	Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora	IL0082			41.6803,-90.3189,,MCU	\|	,
Council Hill	Jo Daviess	IL	A few fossils	Ordovician	Galena	fossils	IL0224		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	42.488615,-90.353738,,CU	\|	,
East Dubuque	Jo Daviess	IL	=Dunleith, IL N of State Line Monument	Ordovician	Trenton	Trilobite-Asaphus	IL0277		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Elizabeth	Jo Daviess	IL	at N end of Terrapin Ridge in milky shales and clays			corals - Chaetetes	IL0083			42.3178,-90.2214,,MCU	\|	,
Hanover	Jo Daviess	IL	at dam in massive dolomite			pelecypods,gastropods,Lingula	IL0084			42.2564,-90.2794,,MCU	\|	,
LeClaire	Jo Daviess	IL	In quarries and other Limestone exposures	Silurian	Niagaran	Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora	IL0085			41.8128,-87.7483,,MCU	\|	,
Pleasant Valley Township	Jo Daviess	IL	1 km SE in wall of Plum River Valley			gastropods,Orthoceras	IL0086				\|	,
Racine	Jo Daviess	IL	In quarries and other Limestone exposures	Silurian	Niagaran	Pentamerus,Favosites,Halysites,Astrocerium,Stromatopora	IL0087				\|	,
Scales Mound	Jo Daviess	IL	Abundant fossils in one bed with barite, pyrite and dolomite crystals in vugs	Ordovician	Galena	fossils	IL0225		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	42.475838,-90.252905,,CU	\|	,
Vienna	Johnson	IL	4km SE	Mississippian	Glen Dean	Trilobite-Kaskia	IL0284		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Vienna	Johnson	IL	adjacent to Interstate www.science.siu.edu/geology/outreach/vienna.htm	Mississippian	Menard	bryozoa,brachiopods,mollusks,crinoids,corals,blastoids	IL0088			37.4169,-88.8961,,MCU	\|	,
-	Kane	IL	In glacial drift	Pleistocene		mammal bones and teeth	IL0089				\|	,
Bonfield	Kankakee	IL		Silurian	Joliet Dolomite	Trilobite-Arctinurus	IL0274		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Kankakee	Kankakee	IL		Silurian	Niagaran	corals	IL0220		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	41.120033,-87.861153,,CU	\|	,
Manteno	Kankakee	IL	2.5 km SW On S slope of hill	Silurian	Racine	brachiopods - Kirkidium	IL0090			41.2506,-87.8314,,MCU	\|	,
-	Kendall	IL	area exposures	Ordovician		Cincinnatian faunas	IL0096				\|	,
Bristol	Kendall	IL	at mill dam on Blackberry Creek			Orthoceras,Ambonychia. trilobite fragments	IL0091			41.6856,-88.4281,,MCU	\|	,
Lisbon	Kendall	IL	In area quarries			Receptaculites,Orthis,Zaphrentis etc	IL0092			41.4814,-88.4822,,MCU	\|	,
Oswego	Kendall	IL	Abundant fossils	Ordovician	Cincinnatian	fossils	IL0229		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	41.6803,-88.3536,,MCU	\|	,
Oswego	Kendall	IL	along Waubansia Creek	Silurian Lower	Cincinnatian	Strophomena,Orthis,Chaetetes,Rhynchonella,Tentaculites	IL0093			41.6803,-88.3536,,MCU	\|	,
Oswego	Kendall	IL	area quarries and exposures	Silurian Lower	Cincinnatian	Strophomena,Orthis,Chaetetes,Heterocrinus,Nautilus,Tentaculites	IL0094			41.6803,-88.3536,,MCU	\|	,
Yorkville	Kendall	IL	below along river for 5 km in limestones			trilobites - Calymene,Asaphus	IL0095			41.6519,-88.4397,,MCU	\|	,
Galesburg	Knox	IL		Pennsylvanian		Vertebrates-Symmorium	IL0097			40.9478,-90.3100,,MCU	\|	,
Wolf Covered Bridge	Knox	IL	on Spoon River. Marine invertebrates in	Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	in cutbank.	IL0098			40.8581,-90.1100,,SCU	\|	,
-	La Salle	IL	Abundant fossils	Pennsylvanian?		fossils	IL0227		An American Geological Railway Guide p210		\|	,
-	La Salle	IL	In Marquette Cement Co Quarry,S face in	Pennsylvanian	LaSalle Limestone	Sharks teeth,brachiopods,Corals.	IL0102				\|	,
Jonesville	La Salle	IL	E on Hwy71 in road cut	Pennsylvanian	LaSalle Limestone	brachiopods,bryozoa,stromatoporoids	IL0099			41.3114,-89.0714,,MCU	\|	,
LaSalle	La Salle	IL	in ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants	IL0100			41.8808,-87.6319,,MCU	\|	,
Oglesby	La Salle	IL	at Lone Star Quarry	Pennsylvanian		brachiopods,fish teeth,pelecypods,coral	IL0101			41.3328,-89.1039,,MCU	\|	,
Peru	La Salle	IL	Abundant fossils in limestone	Pennsylvanian		fossils	IL0239		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.327535,-89.128973,,CU	\|	,
Zion	Lake	IL		Silurian		brachiopod	IL0103			41.7778,-87.6597,,MCU	\|	,
Dixon	Lee	IL	Abundant fossils 3.2km NE in limestone	Ordovician	Trenton	fossils	IL0226		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	41.8389,-89.4794,,MCU	\|	,
Dixon	Lee	IL	above town			coral - Favosites,Encrinites,trilobites,Leptaena,Strophomena,Orthis,abundant	IL0105			41.8389,-89.4794,,MCU	\|	,
Dixon	Lee	IL	area quarries and RR cuts			casts of Lingula,Murchisonia,Orthoceras,Ambonychia,Receptaculites,Chaetetes,Rare Calymene,Orthoceras.	IL0106			41.8389,-89.4794,,MCU	\|	,
Dixon	Lee	IL		Ordovician		Brachiopods Rafinesquina	IL0104			41.8389,-89.4794,,MCU	\|	,
-	Livingston	IL	In ironstone nodules	Pennsylvanian	Mazon Creek	well preserved plants	IL0111				\|	,
Eppards Point Township	Livingston	IL	near Pontiac in quarry	Pennsylvanian Upper	Bond	excellent crinoids	IL0107				\|	,
Fairbury	Livingston	IL	in Pennsylvanian shales	Pennsylvanian		Plants Sigillaria	IL0108			40.7472,-88.5147,,MCU	\|	,
Pontiac	Livingston	IL	In Pennsylvanian Bond Formation (LaSalle Limestone member) in Wagner Stone Co Quarry in Eppards Township.	Pennsylvanian	Bond	Well Preserved crinoids.	IL0109			41.3225,-89.8992,,MCU	\|	,
Pontiac	Livingston	IL	at Eppards Point Township in quarry	Pennsylvanian	LaSalle Limestone	crinoids	IL0110			41.3225,-89.8992,,MCU	\|	,
Lewiston	Logan	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0236		An American Geological Railway Guide p211		\|	,
Decatur	Macon	IL		Pennsylvanian		Vertebrates-Edestus	IL0112			39.8403,-88.9547,,MCU	\|	,
Brighton	Macoupin	IL	Fossils in coal 2.4km W of RR station in roof shales of coal mines	Pennsylvanian		fossils-plants	IL0250		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	39.039769,-90.140664,,CU	\|	,
Carlinville	Macoupin	IL	A few fossils in limestone	Pennsylvanian		fossils	IL0249		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	39.279770,-89.881766,,CU	\|	,
Carlinville	Macoupin	IL		Mississippian		Vertebrates-Cladodus,Deltodus,Haplolepis?,Helodus,Listracanthus,Petalodus,Petrodus,Sandalodus	IL0113			39.279770,-89.881766,,CU	\|	,
Alton	Madison	IL	Fossils in limestone		St Louis	fossils	IL0251		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.8906,-90.1842,,MCU	\|	,
Alton	Madison	IL	In area outcrops and quarries	Mississippian		Pentremites,Rhynchonella,Retzia,Productus,Lithostrotion,Bellerophon,Allorisma,Conularia	IL0115			38.8906,-90.1842,,MCU	\|	,
Alton	Madison	IL	in quarry	Ordovician		trilobites	IL0116			38.8906,-90.1842,,MCU	\|	,
Alton	Madison	IL		Mississippian	St Louis	fish teeth/spines-Acondylacanthus,Amacanthus,Asteroptychius,Bythiacanthus,Cladodus,Coelosteus,Ctenacanthus,Dactylodus,Harpacanthus,Petalodus,Polyrhizodus,Psammodus,Rhizodus,Sandalodus,Stethacanthus	IL0114			38.8906,-90.1842,,MCU	\|	,
Alton	Madison	IL		Pennsylvanian		vertebrates-Edestus	IL0263		http://www.npl.utexas.edu/vpl/databases/index.php	38.8906,-90.1842,,MCU	\|	,
Central City	Marion	IL	In shelly limestone	Carboniferous		fossils	IL0221		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	41.237810,-88.281729,,CU	\|	,
Centralia	Marion	IL	At Crooked Creek	Pennsylvanian	Altamont	Pelecypod-Acanthopecten	IL0210		http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1	38.5250,-89.1333,,MCU	\|	,
Centralia	Marion	IL		Pennsylvanian	Centralia Limestone	pelecypods - Acanthopecten	IL0117			38.5250,-89.1333,,MCU	\|	,
Colchester	McDonough	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0233		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	40.4264,-90.7925,,MCU	\|	,
Colchester	McDonough	IL	on coal mine dumps			fossil plants	IL0118			40.4264,-90.7925,,MCU	\|	,
Coleman	McDonough	IL	S in RR cuts			well preserved Zaphrentis,Spirifer,Agaricocrinus,Actinocrinus,Barycrinus,Archimedes,Hemiponites,Phillipsia,fish teeth	IL0119			39.4783,-88.1764,,MCU	\|	,
Greenview	Menard	IL	In bituminous shale between Fort Scott Limestone and underlying coal			Euchondria	IL0120			40.0831,-89.7381,,MCU	\|	,
Greenview	Menard	IL	in shale Roof of Greenview coal mine	Pennsylvanian	Fort Scott Limestone	Pelecypod-Euchondria	IL0211		http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1	40.0831,-89.7381,,MCU	\|	,
Petersburg	Menard	IL	Abundant coal measures fossils	Pennsylvanian		fossils	IL0252		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	40.011715,-89.848165,,CU	\|	,
Matherville	Mercer	IL				Plant fossils - Lepidodendron	IL0121			41.2614,-90.6111,,MCU	\|	,
Columbia	Monroe	IL	2 km E in Limestone quarries			corals,bryozoa	IL0122			38.4436,-90.2011,,MCU	\|	,
Columbia	Monroe	IL	Numerous fossils 7.2km E in outcrop		St Louis	fossils	IL0255		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.4436,-90.2011,,MCU	\|	,
Salt Lick Point	Monroe	IL	In river bluffs	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	brachiopods,crinoid fragments	IL0123				\|	,
Valmeyer	Monroe	IL	Overgrown road cut 8km E of on IL156			?	IL0124			38.3056,-90.2764,,MCU	\|	,
Waterloo	Monroe	IL	16 km SE in 'Portland Quarries'			fossils	IL0125			38.3319,-90.1547,,MCU	\|	,
Waterloo	Monroe	IL	2 km E in Limestone above sandstone beds			Nautilus,Goniatites,Orthoceras	IL0126			38.3319,-90.1547,,MCU	\|	,
Waterloo	Monroe	IL	4 km W on Fountain Creek in Limestone			Straparollus,Dentalium,Nuculana,Yoldia? Rhynchonella,Terebratula,Hemiponites,crinoids	IL0127			38.3319,-90.1547,,MCU	\|	,
Waterloo	Monroe	IL	4km S of RR station		Chester	fossils	IL0257		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.3319,-90.1547,,MCU	\|	,
Waterloo	Monroe	IL	On Fountain Creek 3.2km W of RR station		St Louis	fossils	IL0256		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.3319,-90.1547,,MCU	\|	,
Polo	Ogle	IL	In area Limestone exposures	Pennsylvanian[?]	Blue Creek[?]	Orthoceras to 23cm in diameter and 3 meters in length	IL0128	Possibly the Pennsylvanian Blue Creek Coal?		41.8333,-87.9375,,MCU	\|	,
Polo	Ogle	IL	along Pine Creek			fossils	IL0129			41.8333,-87.9375,,MCU	\|	,
Kickapoo Valley	Peoria	IL	In Limestone quarries on S side in s14t8nr7e 40.6734 89.6706 E of Peoria Airport			Spirifer,Athyris,Retzia,Platystoma,Chaetetes (to 70cm).	IL0130			40.6734,-89.6706, s14t8nr7e	\|	,
Kingston	Peoria	IL	2 km downstream at Lancaster Landing in coal mine dumps			Lingula,Discina,Athyris,Aviculopecten,Petrodus,Listracanthus,Pleurotomaria,Crinoid fragments.	IL0131	Original location is 'Kingstone'. Closest match is 'Kingston Mines'		42.1014,-88.7036,,MCU	\|	,
Peoria	Peoria	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0240		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	40.693649,-89.588986,,CU	\|	,
DuQuoin	Perry	IL		Pennsylvanian		Well preserved tree ferns	IL0212		http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf	38.0625,-89.2236,,MCU	\|	,
Perry County	Perry	IL	county wide on coal mine dumps and other exposures of coal measures			plants,brachiopods,crinoids	IL0132			38.0833,-89.3667,,MCU	\|	,
Griggsville Landing	Pike	IL	In Limestone outcrops and quarries	Mississippian	Burlington Limestone	abundant Spirifer,Productus,Strophomena,Orthis,Euomphalus,Lyropora,Evactinopora,Agaricocrinus,Platycrinus,Phillipsia	IL0133			39.6969,-90.6475,,SCU	\|	,
Bay City	Pope	IL		Pennsylvanian		Well preserved tree ferns	IL0213		http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf	37.2489,-88.4967,,SCU	\|	,
Lusk Creek	Pope	IL	at crossing of the Marion road s21.16t12r6 in sandstone ledges in Limestone 37.4688 88.8455 On Lusk Creek(?) about 5km SE of Eddyville should be t12sr6EIL,P3	Mississippian	Chester	Archimedes,Productus,Spirifer,Spiriferina	IL0134			37.4688,-88.8455,s2116t12r6	\|	,
Olmstead	Pulaski	IL	In quarry of cat litter plant	Paleocene	Clayton	two crocodile teeth,Turtle-Trionyx	IL0135			UNKNOWN,,,MCU	\|	,
Camp Creek	Randolph	IL		Mississippian	Okaw	Trilobite-Kaskia	IL0283		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Chester	Randolph	IL	1 km E in Limestone in quarry			Nautilus to 50cm	IL0137			37.9136,-89.8219,,MCU	\|	,
Chester	Randolph	IL	in area quarries and excavations in limestones	Mississippian	Chester	plants,shells crinoid plates - Pentremites,Zeacrinus. Agassizocrinus; coral - Zaphrentis;bryozoa - Lyropora,Archimedes; brachiopods - Spirifer	IL0138			37.9136,-89.8219,,MCU	\|	,
Chester	Randolph	IL				Blastoids Pentremites	IL0136			37.9136,-89.8219,,MCU	\|	,
Evansville	Randolph	IL				brachiopods -Diaphragmus	IL0139			38.0903,-89.9383,,MCU	\|	,
Evansville	Randolph	IL				brachiopods -Diaphragmus	IL0140			38.0903,-89.9383,,MCU	\|	,
Gravel Creek	Randolph	IL	6-8 km N of Chester			Allorisma,Myalina,Schizodus	IL0141			37.9492,-89.7692,,SCU	\|	,
Kaskaskia	Randolph	IL	In bluff on E side of Okaw River in Limestone escarpment			Pentremites,Forbesiocrinus,Zeacrinus,Agelacrinus,Athyris,Retzia,Productus	IL0142			38.7522,-89.2392,,MCU	\|	,
Marigold	Randolph	IL	800m S S29T5SR8W	Mississippian	Okaw	Trilobite-Kaskia	IL0282		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt	38.0688652, -90.0083723,S29T5SR8W	\|	,
Prairie de Rocher	Randolph	IL	2 km above in Limestone exposures			Lithostrotion,Hemiponites,Spirifer,Platycrinus	IL0143				\|	,
Red Bud	Randolph	IL	Numerous fossils in outcrop 4kmN on Prarie du Loup		Chester	fossils	IL0258		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.211717,-89.994274,,CU	\|	,
Sparta	Randolph	IL	Fossils abundant in limestones over coal			fossils	IL0259		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.123105,-89.701766,,CU	\|	,
Hampton	Rock Island	IL	2 km below in gray Limestone along Rock and Mississippi Rivers to S of County Line	Devonian		corals,Averularia,Phillipsastraea; brachiopods,Orthis,Spirifer	IL0144			41.7167,-89.3039,,MCU	\|	,
Milan	Rock Island	IL	Colinson Quarry	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Cephalopods,Anthozoa,Trilobites (Phacops) in Devonian Cedar Valley Limestones. Vertebrate found in Pennsylvanian Crevice Fill.	IL0145			41.3911,-90.5708,,MCU	\|	,
Milan	Rock Island	IL	Collinson Quarry near junction of Hwy 67 and Hwy 92.	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Corals - Cladopora,Favosites,Hexagonaria,Phillipsastraea,Striatopora,Syringopora,Zaphrentis; brachiopods -- Atrypa,Dielasma,Pentamerella,Platyrachella,Productella,Spinocyrtia,Spirifer,Stropheodonta;Clear calcite	IL0146			41.3911,-90.5708,,MCU	\|	,
Moline	Rock Island	IL	In shale and limestone outcrops between Moline and Rock Island	Devonian		fossils	IL0241		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.506700,-90.515134,,CU	\|	,
Rock Island	Rock Island	IL	In area Limestone quarries	Devonian		Atrypa,Orthis,Strophomena,corals -Cyathophylloid	IL0147			41.8344,-90.1819,,MCU	\|	,
Ralls Ford	Sangamon	IL	1.6km N	Ordovician	Kimmswick Limestone	Trilobite-Ameura	IL0272		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Springfield	Sangamon	IL	10 km NW			75 species;Corals - Syringopora,brachiopods,mollusks,gastropods -Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria	IL0148			39.8022,-89.6419,,MCU	\|	,
Springfield	Sangamon	IL	S on Sugar Creek			75 species; Corals - Syringopora,brachiopods,mollusks,gastropods -Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria	IL0149			39.8022,-89.6419,,MCU	\|	,
Springfield	Sangamon	IL	abundant fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0248		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	39.8022,-89.6419,,MCU	\|	,
Springfield	Sangamon	IL	on Sugar Creek in fossiliferous Limestone in State House Quarry	Carboniferous		Productus,Petalodus,Chomatodus,Sandalodus	IL0150			39.8022,-89.6419,,MCU	\|	,
Virden	Sangamon	IL	In area quarries			Syringopora,etc	IL0151			39.5008,-89.7678,,MCU	\|	,
Rushville	Schuyler	IL	fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0237		An American Geological Railway Guide p211	40.121158,-90.563183,,CU	\|	,
Schuyler County	Schuyler	IL	In area quarries	Carboniferous	Des Moines	typical fossils in large concretions in shale --Aviculopecten,Cardiomorpha,Goniatites,Productus,Chonetes,brachiopods	IL0152			40.1500,-90.6000,,MCU	\|	,
Glasgow	Scott	IL	In bluffs on E side of river S to mason's Landing	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	abundant brachiopods -Productus,Spirifer,Euomphalus	IL0153			39.5506,-90.4800,,MCU	\|	,
Belleville	St Clair	IL	In area coal mine dumps			Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis	IL0155			38.5200,-89.9839,,MCU	\|	,
Belleville	St Clair	IL		Pennsylvanian		Vertebrates-Edestus	IL0154			38.5200,-89.9839,,MCU	\|	,
Caseyville	St Clair	IL	In area Limestone exposures	Carboniferous		Spirifer,Athyris,Bellerophon,Macrocheilus	IL0157			38.6367,-90.0256,,MCU	\|	,
Caseyville	St Clair	IL	In area coal mine dumps			Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis	IL0158			38.6367,-90.0256,,MCU	\|	,
Caseyville	St Clair	IL		Pennsylvanian	Caseyville Limestone	mollusks Straparolus	IL0156			38.6367,-90.0256,,MCU	\|	,
Pittsburg	St Clair	IL	In area coal mine dumps			Bellerophon,Euomphalus,Leda,Naticopsis	IL0159			38.8714,-89.2117,,MCU	\|	,
Richland Creek	St Clair	IL	along West Fork NE corner of t2sr9w	Mississippian		Archimedes,Pentremites,Spirifer,Spiriferina	IL0160			38.387553,-90.051584,t2sr9w,GA	\|	,
Urbana	St Clair	IL	at Jack's Run 1 km E of town 1 km above junction with Silver Creek in clayey shale			Bellerophon,Pleurotomaria,Polyphemopsis,Nautilus	IL0161			40.1136,-88.2064,,MCU	\|	,
-	Stephenson	IL	In mounds in Southern part of county Limestones capped by 30m of shales capped by Niagara Limestone	Ordovician\|Silurian	Trenton\|Niagaran	fossils	IL0264		Science Vol XXII No 558		\|	,
Cedarville	Stephenson	IL	In area quarries			Receptaculites,brachiopod casts	IL0162			42.3758,-89.6331,,MCU	\|	,
Freeport	Stephenson	IL	In area quarries			Receptaculites,brachiopod casts	IL0163			42.2967,-89.6211,,MCU	\|	,
Loran	Stephenson	IL	on area hillsides	Silurian	Niagaran	corals,Favosites,Halysites	IL0164			42.2350,-89.9103,,MCU	\|	,
Winslow	Stephenson	IL	In area quarries			casts of Pleurotomaria,Orthoceras to 2 meters,Cypricardites,Onococeras,Tellinomya	IL0165			42.3786,-89.8156,,MCU	\|	,
Anna	Union	IL	A few fossils in limestone quarries		St Louis	fossils-molluscs;corals	IL0223		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	37.4603,-89.2469,,MCU	\|	,
Anna	Union	IL		Mississippian		Crinoids,Shark spines,Ctenacanthus	IL0166	Unable to identify a 'Glocanda' formation		37.4603,-89.2469,,MCU	\|	,
Anna?	Union	IL	Along IL75 to Durand			?	IL0167				\|	,
Cobden	Union	IL	A few fossils in shales below conglomerate		Chester	fossils	IL0222		An American Geological Railway Guide p209	37.531439,-89.253418,,CU	\|	,
Darty Creek	Union	IL		Mississippian	Darty Limestone	Trilobite-Griffithidella	IL0281		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Jonesboro	Union	IL	A few fossils in St Louis limestone 4.8km W	Devonian\|Mississippian	Hamilton\|St Louis	fossils	IL0260		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	37.4553,-89.2547,,MCU	\|	,
Jonesboro	Union	IL	along road to Willards Landing in limestones	Devonian		Strophomena,Platyceras,Calymene,corals	IL0168			37.4553,-89.2547,,MCU	\|	,
Danville	Vermilion	IL	In nodules in coal seams			fish scales,Aviculopecten,Entolium,Lima,Solenomya,Sanguinolites,brachiopods	IL0169			40.1244,-87.6300,,MCU	\|	,
Danville	Vermilion	IL	fossilized forest above Herrin coal bed in strip mines	Pennsylvanian		Complete ecosystem	IL0202			40.1244,-87.6300,,MCU	\|	,
Danville	Vermilion	IL		Carboniferous		fossils	IL0219		An American Geological Railway Guide p200	40.1244,-87.6300,,MCU	\|	,
Georgetown	Vermilion	IL	4.8km below in NE corner s3t17nr11w in coal seams 39.9627 87.5884 3.5km ESE of Georgetown			many species of many species,plants,animals	IL0171			39.9627,-87.5884, s3t17nr11w	\|	,
Vermilion County	Vermilion	IL	In Limestone quarries along Salt Fork			abundant Hemiponites,Productus. Athyris,Spirifer,Spiriferina,Retzia,Cyathaxonia,Zeacrinus,bryozoa	IL0172			40.1350,-87.6456,,MCU	\|	,
Vermilion County	Vermilion	IL	In Limestone quarries in E part of County			abundant Hemiponites,Productus. Athyris,Spirifer,Spiriferina,Retzia,Cyathoxonia,Zeacrinus,bryozoa	IL0173			40.1350,-87.6456,,MCU	\|	,
Monmouth	Warren	IL	3.2km N in outcrop		Burlington	fossils	IL0231		An American Geological Railway Guide p210	40.9092,-90.6431,,MCU	\|	,
Monmouth	Warren	IL	5-6 km N on Hwy 67 in Quarry	Mississippian	Burlington Limestone	Crinoids,blastoids	IL0174			40.9092,-90.6431,,MCU	\|	,
Monmouth	Warren	IL	in Sonora Sandstone member	Mississippian	Keokuk\|Warsaw	fossils	IL0175			40.9092,-90.6431,,MCU	\|	,
Fredericksburg	Washington	IL	In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River	Mississippian	Paoli	Talorocrinus,conodonts	IL0176	St Genevieve 20 meters of shaley limestones and limey shales-sands overlying the St Genevieve Limestone and under the Bethel Formation. The Paoli corresponds roughly to the Renault Formation further East.			\|	,
Fredericksburg	Washington	IL	In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River	Mississippian	St Genevieve	Talocrinus,conodonts	IL0177	St Louis Limestone 20 meters of Shaley limestones and limey Shales-sands overlying the Sanders Group and under the St Genevieve Formation.			\|	,
Fredericksburg	Washington	IL	In cliffs along Blue River from 4 km N of Fredericksburg to the Ohio River	Mississippian	St Louis	-	IL0178				\|	,
Marissa Mine	Washington	IL	At Peabody coal mine in Mecca fauna	Pennsylvanian		vertebrates-Caseodus	IL0179				\|	,
Carmi	White	IL		Pennsylvanian	Bond\|Mattoon	Well preserved tree ferns	IL0214		http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c492.pdf	38.0908,-88.1586,,MCU	\|	,
Grayville	White	IL	Abundant fossils in ferruginous shales	Pennsylvanian		fossils	IL0261		An American Geological Railway Guide p213	38.257547,-87.993644,,CU	\|	,
Morrison	Whiteside	IL	8 km NE			algae - Cryptozoon	IL0180			41.8097,-89.9650,,MCU	\|	,
Mount Pleasant	Whiteside	IL	at intersection of IL146 and I-57 (Permit from Illinois Dept of Transportation required)	Mississippian		fossils	IL0181			41.8572,-87.7319,,MCU	\|	,
Mount Pleasant	Whiteside	IL	in Road cut on I46 E of I57 (May require IDOT permit)	Mississippian		fossils	IL0182			41.8572,-87.7319,,MCU	\|	,
Sterling	Whiteside	IL		Silurian Upper	Niagara Falls Limestone	abundant corals - Halysites,Favosites,Stromatopora,Syringopora	IL0183	Sterling,Indiana is in Fountain County		41.7911,-89.6939,,MCU	\|	,
Braidwood	Will	IL	abundant fossil plants in roof seam of coal bed	Carboniferous		fossil plants	IL0246		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.2650,-88.2122,,MCU	\|	,
Braidwood	Will	IL	at Mazonia-Braidwood conservation Area. Permit from The Mazon Creek Project,NE,Illinois University,Dept. Earth Sciences, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave.,Chicago,IL, 60625 - to obtain a free permit.	Pennsylvanian		a few fossiliferous concretions.	IL0184			41.2650,-88.2122,,MCU	\|	,
Channahon	Will	IL	Along Des Plaines River	Silurian	Edgewood	Trilobite-Cyphaspis	IL0280		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Joliet	Will	IL	In area	Silurian	Niagaran	fossils	IL0244		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.5547,-88.1667,,MCU	\|	,
Joliet	Will	IL	at Francey's Quarry	Silurian	Racine	trilobites	IL0185			41.5547,-88.1667,,MCU	\|	,
Joliet	Will	IL	in quarry			large complete straight and loosely coiled cephalopods	IL0186			41.5547,-88.1667,,MCU	\|	,
Joliet	Will	IL		Silurian	Joliet Dolomite	Trilobite-Arctinurus,Calymene	IL0275		http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes22nite/catalogueoftypes22nite_djvu.txt		\|	,
Kankakee River	Will	IL	In river bluffs	Ordovician	Cincinnatian	Rhynchonella	IL0187			41.3917,-88.2583,,MCU	\|	,
Lockport	Will	IL	In area	Silurian	Niagaran	fossils	IL0243		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.589475,-88.057837,,CU	\|	,
Wilmington	Will	IL	Area exposures of flinty sandstone above light blue shaley Limestone			Rhynchonella,Orthis,Leptaena,Strophomena,Orthoceras,tentaculites,corals,bryozoa,crinoid fragments,trilobite fragments	IL0188			41.1856,-88.3022,,MCU	\|	,
Wilmington	Will	IL	On banks of Kankakee River	Ordovician	Maquoketa	Cornulites	IL0268		http://www.archive.org/stream/typefossilmiscel371forn/typefossilmiscel371forn_djvu.txt	41.1856,-88.3022,,MCU	\|	,
Wilmington	Will	IL	abundant Cincinnatian fossils	Ordovician		fossils	IL0245		An American Geological Railway Guide p212	41.1856,-88.3022,,MCU	\|	,
-	Will,Grundy	IL		Pennsylvanian	Carbondale	fossil fish	IL0189				\|	,
Durand	Winnebago	IL	E on IL75	Ordovician		echinoderms,crinoids -- Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus	IL0190			42.4364,-89.3319,,MCU	\|	,
Rockford	Winnebago	IL	Along highway leading into town			brachiopods,crinoids	IL0192			42.2769,-89.1267,,MCU	\|	,
Rockford	Winnebago	IL	on IL2 toward Rockton	Ordovician		echinoderms,crinoids -- Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus	IL0193			42.2769,-89.1267,,MCU	\|	,
Rockford	Winnebago	IL	on IL2 to N and IL75 W to Durand	Ordovician	Dunleith\|Eagle Point	?	IL0194			42.2769,-89.1267,,MCU	\|	,
Rockford	Winnebago	IL		Ordovician	Grand Detour	brachiopods,bryozoa,trilobites	IL0191			42.2769,-89.1267,,MCU	\|	,
Rockton	Winnebago	IL	In buff Limestone in area quarries			Orthoceras,Cyrtoceras,Lituites,Pleurotomaria,Murchisonia,Orthis,Strophomena,Tellinomya,Ambonychia,zoophytes,coral fragments	IL0195			42.4525,-89.0722,,MCU	\|	,
Rockton area	Winnebago	IL		Ordovician	Dunleith	crinoids Cremacrinus,Mecocrinus,Dendrocrinus,Culupocrinus Along IL2 toward Rockford	IL0196				\|	,

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