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Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, USAi
Regional Level Types
CherryfieldTown
Washington CountyCounty
MaineState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cherryfield1,203 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
237692
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:237692:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Cherryfield, comté de Washington, Maine, États-Unis
German:
Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Cherryfield, contea di Washington, Maine, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
切里菲爾德, 華盛頓縣 , 缅因州, 美国
Spanish:
Cherryfield, Condado de Washington, Maine, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
تشريفيلد, مقاطعة واشنطن, مين, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Cherryfield, Washington konderria , Maine
Catalan:
Cherryfield, Maine, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Cherryfield, Washington County , Maine
Chechen:
Черрифилд, Мэн, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Dutch:
Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
تشريفيلد, ولاية مين, امريكا
Haitian:
Cherryfield, Mèn, Etazini
Hungarian:
Cherryfield, Washington megye, Maine, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Черрифилд, Мэн, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Черрифилд, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Mazanderani:
چریفیلد, مین
Norwegian:
Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, USA
Polish:
Cherryfield, Hrabstwo Washington, Maine, Stany Zjednoczone
Tatar:
Черрифилд, Мэн, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Черріфілд, Вашингтон, Мен, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Cherryfield, Maine, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Cherryfield, Maine, Unol Daleithiau America


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Fossils

There are 8 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences8
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Champlain Clay80.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cirripedia
subclass
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Cirripedia0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Placopecten magellanicus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Placopecten : Placopecten magellanicus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mytilus edulis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Mytilus edulis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Astarte montagui
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte montagui0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma : Macoma (Macoma) calcarea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Macoma balthica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma : Macoma balthica0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryfield,_Maine
Wikidata ID:Q3451542
GeoNames ID:4960760


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