US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for RHODE ISLAND

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
Diamond Pt[?][?]RImarine fossilsRI0019Diamond Point appears to be a town in Warren County NY|,
BristolBristolRICarboniferousNarragansettAnnularia (Commercial)RI000241.6769,-71.2667,,MCU|,
BristolBristolRImarine fossilsRI000141.6769,-71.2667,,MCU|,
Conanicut IslandNewportRIOn W shore 600m S of Jamestown Bridge in schistsPennsylvanianRhode IslandfernsRI0022http://www.archive.org/stream/guidebook63newe/guidebook63newe_djvu.txt|,
JamestownNewportRIOn E side of Conanicut Island in lower two members ofCambrian MiddleJamestownTrilobite fragments in phyllitic rocks -- Paradoxides,BadulesiaRI000341.4969,-71.3678,,MCU|,
Narragansett basinNewport?RIArea exposures around Narragansett BayPennsylvanianplants,a few insectsRI001141.753501,-71.348397,,CU|,
NewportNewportRIAlong shore to South and East - good section of Carboniferous rocksCarboniferouscoal?RI0021An American Geological Railway Guide p10241.4900,-71.3303,,MCU|,
NewportNewportRIAt end of Cory's Lane in shales below high tide linePennsylvanianPlant fossilsRI000441.4900,-71.3303,,MCU|,
NewportNewportRIIn outcrops of distorted shale near Pirate CaveCambrian LowerPirate CavehyolithidsRI000541.4900,-71.3303,,MCU|,
Newport BasinNewportRICambrian LowerfossilsRI000641.857500,-71.354698,,CU|,
PortsmouthNewportRIAlong shore at the end of Corey's Lane in shalePennsylvanianmore than a dozen taxa of plantsRI000941.6022,-71.2508,,MCU|,
PortsmouthNewportRICoal mines at Coal Mine RR StationcoalRI0020An American Geological Railway Guide p10141.6022,-71.2508,,MCU|,
PortsmouthNewportRIin low shale cliffsfossilsRI001041.6022,-71.2508,,MCU|,
PortsmouthNewportRICarboniferousNarragansettAlethopteris,Pecopteris (Commercial)RI000741.6022,-71.2508,,MCU|,
PortsmouthNewportRIPennsylvanianferns,cattails,etcRI000841.6022,-71.2508,,MCU|,
College HillProvidenceRICarboniferousNarragansettMany plants collected during tunnel construction in 1914RI001241.8281,-71.3975,,MCU|,
PawtucketProvidenceRICarboniferousNarragansettNeuropteroids,Anthracomartus,ProtophasmidsRI001341.8875,-71.3939,,MCU|,
Valley FallsProvidenceRIIn coal shales E to Sockanosset and S of SockanossetCarboniferousNarragansett?RI001441.9067,-71.3911,,MCU|,
Block IslandWashingtonRITertiary fossils in sea cliffs.?RI001541.1917,-71.5750,,MCU|,
Block IslandWashingtonRIlimited outcrop of Raritan formationCretaceousRaritanplants-amberRI001641.1917,-71.5750,,MCU|,
Mohegan BluffsWashingtonRIRaritan Clays,possibly fossiliferous on Block Island.CretaceousPotomac?RI001741.1517,-71.5572,,SCU|,
Narragansett PierWashington?RIin inclusions of metasediments in Narragansett Pier GranitePennsylvanianPlants-AnnulariaRI001841.4322,-71.4569,,MCU|,

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