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Mazon Creek, Will County, Illinois, USAi
Regional Level Types
Mazon CreekCreek
Will CountyCounty
IllinoisState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 16' 1'' North , 88° 8' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lakewood Shores1,347 (2017)1.7km
Wilmington5,694 (2017)4.5km
Braidwood6,172 (2017)6.0km
Godley681 (2017)9.3km
Diamond2,488 (2017)9.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
374333
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:374333:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Type locality for the 'Tully Monster' (Tullimonstrum gregarium)

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Fossils

There are 0 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database associated with this locality.

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Occurrences13
Youngest Fossil Listed311 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed311 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Carbondale - Francis Creek Shale13311.45 - 306.95 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Tullimonstrum
genus
Animalia : Tullimonstrum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Spondylerpeton
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Archeriidae : Spondylerpeton311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protorothyrididae : Cephalerpeton : Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Isodectes obtusus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eobrachyopidae : Isodectes : Isodectes obtusus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudophlegethontia turnbullorum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Pseudophlegethontiidae : Pseudophlegethontia : Pseudophlegethontia turnbullorum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Phlegethontia longissima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Phlegethontiidae : Phlegethontia : Phlegethontia longissima311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Amphibamus grandiceps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Amphibamidae : Amphibamus : Amphibamus grandiceps311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachydectes newberryi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Cocytinidae : Brachydectes : Brachydectes newberryi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eumicrerpeton parvum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Branchiosauridae : Eumicrerpeton : Eumicrerpeton parvum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Miobatrachus romeri
species
Miobatrachus : Miobatrachus romeri311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Infernovenator steenae
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Molgophidae : Infernovenator : Infernovenator steenae311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
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