Mazon Creek fossil beds

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age about 307 million years old
gptkbp:associatedWith coal mining
gptkbp:containsFossilsOf gptkb:Bandringa
gptkb:Essexella
gptkb:Euproops
gptkb:Pecopteris
gptkb:Tullimonstrum_gregarium
Mazonomya
gptkbp:discoveredIn mid-19th century
gptkbp:famousFor exceptional fossil preservation
soft-bodied organism fossils
gptkbp:fossil animal fossils
plant fossils
marine fossils
invertebrate fossils
vertebrate fossils
terrestrial fossils
gptkbp:geologicalAge gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Field_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:Illinois_State_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mazon Creek fossil beds
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Mazon_Creek
gptkbp:notableFor diverse flora and fauna fossils
preservation of soft tissues
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Pecopteris
gptkb:Tully_Monster
Mazonomya
Acanthotelson stimpsoni
Amphibamus grandiceps
Bandringa rayi
Cyclus americanus
Esconichthys
Essexella asherae
Euproops danae
Mazonaria
Mazonites
Mazonomya mazonensis
Mazonova helmichnus
Octomedusa pieckorum
gptkbp:openToPublic limited
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Francis_Creek_Shale
gptkbp:preservationEnvironment estuarine
deltaic
gptkbp:significance fossil specimen
gptkbp:studiedBy paleontologists
gptkbp:typeOfPreservation concretion
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Wilmington_Coal_Flora_and_Fauna
gptkb:Bandringa
gptkb:Essexella
gptkb:Mazon_River
gptkb:Mazonova
gptkb:Tullimonstrum_gregarium
gptkb:Cephalerpeton
gptkb:Tully_Monster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7