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Braidwood, Will County, Illinois, USAi
Regional Level Types
BraidwoodCity
Will CountyCounty
IllinoisState
USACountry

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PlacePopulation
Braidwood6,172 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
434702
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:434702:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences7
Youngest Fossil Listed307 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed311 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kewanee - Carbondale - Francis Creek Shale6307 - 303.7 Ma (Carboniferous)
Carbondale - Francis Creek Shale1311.45 - 306.95 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Lithoneura lameerei
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Ephemeroptera : Syntonopteridae : Lithoneura : Lithoneura lameerei311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Metachorus testudo
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Metachorus : Metachorus testudo311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Mazonopterum wolfforum
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Homoiopteridae : Mazonopterum : Mazonopterum wolfforum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Larryia osterbergi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Homoiopteridae : Larryia : Larryia osterbergi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Euphoberia armigera
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Euphoberiida : Euphoberiidae : Euphoberia : Euphoberia armigera311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Acantherpestes major
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Euphoberiida : Euphoberiidae : Acantherpestes : Acantherpestes major311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Euphoberia carri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Euphoberiida : Euphoberiidae : Euphoberia : Euphoberia carri311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidwood,_Illinois
Wikidata ID:Q578603
GeoNames ID:4885444


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