US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for CONNECTICUT

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
BethelFairfieldCTin Pleistocene Bethel MarlPleistoceneBethel (CT)Campeloma,Galba,Gyraulus,Helisoma,Pisidium,Planorbella,Valvata,Musculium,SphaeriumCT0001|,
Lake SaltonstallFairfieldCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils upper bedCT0002|,
BerlinHartfordCTI91 CT9 InterchangeTriassicNewarktracks,plants,fishCT0003|,
BerlinHartfordCTRoad cuts along CT372TriassicNewarktracks,plantsCT0004|,
BerlinHartfordCTarea exposuresTriassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT0005|,
BerlinHartfordCTarea exposuresTriassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT0006|,
BristolHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants,Tracks Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0007|,
Buckland StationHartfordCT1.6km N of Buckland Station,CT Dinosaur bones. Ammosaurus major. The head and fore parts of the specimen were incorporated into a bridge over Bigelow Brook in Manchester. Yaleosaurus and Anchisaurus solus were also found here.Triassic-JurassicNewark?CT0008|,
East WindsorHartfordCTat Ketch's MillsTriassic-JurassicNewarkdinosaur bonesCT0009|,
HartfordHartfordCTState Park at Rocky Hill South of Hartford East of exit 23 from I-91) displays many footprints and tracks. There are provisions for making casts of footprints.Triassic-JurassicNewarkEubrontes,Grallator {7}CT0010|,
ManchesterHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkDinosaur bonesCT0011|,
ManchesterHartfordCT1.6km N of Buckland Quarry at Wolcott Quarry 41.8106dN 72d33m4sWJurassicPortland Arkosevertebrates-AnchisaurusCT001241.8106dN 72d33m4sW|,
ManchesterHartfordCTin area exposures and 2 km N of Buckland Station in quarryTriassic-JurassicNewarkAnchisaurus,Ammosaurus,YaleosaurusCT0013The nomenclature of the genera found at this quarry is very complicated with quite a few names having been assigned and discarded over many decades. I think the three names cited here are the survivors.|,
Newgate PrisonHartfordCTIn Granby?Triassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0014|,
NewingtonHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkabout 400 tracks taken from small area in 1960sCT0015|,
North BloomfieldHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT0016|,
NorthamptonHartfordCT(more likely Northampton,MA)Triassic-JurassicNewarkReptile Prints - EubrontesCT0017|,
Rocky HillHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils,Reptile bedsCT0018|,
Rocky Hill State ParkHartfordCTE of Exit 23 from I91 off West Street near Veteran's HomeTriassic-JurassicNewarkDinosaur footprints,museum - EubrontesCT0019|,
Sawmill HollowHartfordCT7 km SW of Middletown in red SandstoneTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish CatopterusCT0020|,
SimsburyHartfordCT800m S of RR Station in Simsbury,CTTriassicNewarkReptile BonesCT0021|,
SimsburyHartfordCTin quarry S of RR stationTriassic-JurassicNewarkSaurian bones - Rutiodon,ClepsysaurusCT0022|,
SouthingtonHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0023|,
SouthingtonHartfordCTAt abandoned quarry near Shuttle Meadow Reservoir,41d37.694mN,072d50.013mWTriassicShuttle MeadowPlants,reptile footprints,fishCT002441d37.694mN,072d50.013mW|,
Southington?HartfordCTIn road cuts along I84 at Cooks Gap near 41d40.50mN,72d49.25mWTriassicShuttle MeadowPlantsCT002541d40.50mN,72d49.25mW|,
SuffieldHartfordCTTracks near Enfield BridgeTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0026|,
TarrifvilleHartfordCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants -Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0027|,
West WindsorHartfordCTIn blast debris at well near Ketch's MillJurassicPortlandvertebrates-AnchisaurusCT0028|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTFound during construction of Church of the Incarnation on Prospect StreetTriassicNewarkDinosaur tracksCT0029|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTIn Cove on Connecticut River and 3.2km to the South of the cove.TriassicNewarkNumerous reptile footprintsCT0030|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTTracks in Red Shale In Cove on Connecticut RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarktracksCT0031|,
WethersfieldHartfordCTTracks in Red Shale In Cove on Connecticut River 3.5 km S of previous locationTriassic-JurassicNewarktracksCT0032|,
WindsorHartfordCTMatianuck AvenueHolocene (13500 BP)Plant fossilsCT0033|,
WoodburyLitchfieldCTSequence of Triassic rocks in Cherry Valley Similar to those in the Connecticut ValleyTriassic-JurassicNewark?CT0034|,
Pomperaug ValleyLitchfield?CTSame sequence of Rocks as Connecticut ValleyTriassic-JurassicNewark?CT0035|,
Chestnut BrookMiddlesexCTIn ravine above brook and CT9 in shale and sandstoneJurassicPortlandfootprints,pollenCT0036|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTAlong Field Creek 500 meters W of Hwy (CT17) from Middlefield to Durham from just SW of Middlefield to Durham city limits just N of Waterfalls in a series of exposures area fish fossils lower and upper bedTriassic-JurassicNewarkSemionotus,Ptycholepis,Many genera,Plants,Tracks,Redfieldia,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes Also MormolucoidesCT0037|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTOn W Slope of Totoket Mountain black mudstone and limestoneTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,fishCT0038|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTalong Field Creek 500 meters W of Hwy (CT17) from Middlefield to Durham from just SW of Middlefield to Durham city limits just N of Waterfalls in a series of exposures area fish fossils lower and upper bed . Many generaTriassic-JurassicNewarkplants,Tracks Redfieldia,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes Also Mormolucoides,Semionotus,Ptycholepis,CT0039|,
DurhamMiddlesexCTlakebed depositsCarboniferousWell preserved fish fossilsCT0040Original says Durham,MA -- but there seems to be no such town|,
Laurel BrookMiddlesexCTin black organic shaleJurassicPortlandfish,pollenCT0041|,
MiddlefieldMiddlesexCTTriassicLockatongDinosaur tracksCT0042|,
MiddlefieldMiddlesexCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils upper bed,tracks. Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,Rushes,InsectsCT0043|,
MiddletonMiddlesexCTIn RR Cut near Middletown,CTTriassicNewarkTriassic arthropods (ostracods?)CT0044Both spellings 'Middleton' and 'Middletown' seem to be in use -- seems to be the same place.|,
MiddletownMiddlesexCT3.2km W in quarry 41.5484319N,72.69136WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,OrnithoidichnitesCT004541.5484319N,72.69136W|,
Old SaybrookMiddlesexCTJurassic dinosaur tracksAnomoepusCT0046|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTFootprints in old building stone quarries on E bank of Connecticut RiverTriassic-JurassicNewark7 Genera OtozoumCT0047|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTFrom Sandstone Quarries opposite Middletown 41d34mN 72d38mJurassicPortland Arkosevertebrates-CoelophysisCT0048|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTIn Brownstone quarries at 41d34.50mN,72d38.50m'WTriassicNewarkNumerous dinosaur tracksCT004941d34.50mN,72d38.50mW|,
PortlandMiddlesexCTin shale close to trap rock RidgeTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0050|,
Rocky HillMiddlesexCTAt Dinosaur State Park 41d39m4sN 72d39m25sWJurassicEast BerlinReptile footprints-Grallator,Anchisauripus,Eubrontes,BatrachopusCT0051|,
WethersfieldMiddlesexCT3.2-6.4km S of 'The Cove' on the West side of the Connecticut River -- 41.6961143N 72.6578701WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,Anomoepus,Arachichnus,Argoides,Corvipes,Exocampe,Grallator,Harpedactylus,Ornithoidichnites,Palamopus,Platypterna,Plectropterna,Plesiornis,Eubrontes,Sauroidichnites,Sillimanius,Steropoides,TypopusCT005241.6961143N 72.6578701W|,
WethersfieldMiddlesexCTAt 'The Cove' on the West side of the Connecticut River -- 41.7250999N,72.6578701WJurassicPortlandReptile footprints-Anchisauripus,Anomoepus,Argoides,Eubrontes,Grallator,Plesiornis,SillimaniusCT005341.7250999N,72.6578701W|,
HigbyMiddlesex?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,tracksCT0054|,
WestfieldMiddlesex?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT0055|,
Bluff HeadNew HavenCTfish fossils lower bedTriassic-JurassicNewarkPlants,TracksCT0056|,
CheshireNew HavenCTAt I491 CT84 junctionTriassicNew Havendinosaur bones-ErpetosuchusCT0057|,
CheshireNew HavenCTJust S of I691 -- 2000 Olsen -- 41d33m32sN,72d54m28sWTriassicNew HavenReptile footprints(?)ErpetosuchusCT005841d33m32sN,72d54m28sW|,
Fair HavenNew HavenCTarea - In a quarry near the Ferry Street Bridge over the Quinnipiac RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarkReptile bones.CT0059|,
Fair HavenNew HavenCTin quarry near the Perry St Bridge over the Quinnipiac RiverTriassic-JurassicNewarkbones (Stegomus plates)CT0060|,
Killiams PointNew HavenCT41d16m46sN 72d48m54sWHolocene (4000BP)Gastropods-LittorinaCT006141d16m46sN 72d48m54sW|,
New HavenNew HavenCTarea exposuresTriassic-JurassicNewarkreptile bones in arkosic depositsCT0062|,
New HavenNew HavenCTin area exposures of New Haven ArkoseTriassic-JurassicNewarkphytosaur,aetosaur,crocodile remains in area exposures of New Haven Arkose - StegomusCT0063|,
New HavenNew HavenCTin sandstoneTriassicNewarkReptile bones - HypsognathusCT0064|,
North BranfordNew HavenCTOn Totoket Mountain near Bluff HeadTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-RedfieldiusCT0065|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTBluff Head. There may be multiple sitesTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-Redfieldius,Semionotus,WhiteaCT0066|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTIn stream cut on NE side of Totoket Mountain in black shale 41d23m50sN 72d46m0sWTriassicShuttle Meadowvertebrates-CoelophysisCT0067|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTNear North tip of Totoket Mountain in gray shaleTriassicShuttle MeadowpollenCT0068|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTOn E Slope of Totoket Mountain in green shale,black mudstone and limestoneTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,plant fragmentsCT0069|,
North GuilfordNew HavenCTOn slope of Totoket MountainTriassicShuttle Meadowfish-PtycholepisCT0070|,
Pistapaug MountainNew HavenCTE of Pistapaug Mt in CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossilsCT0071|,
South BritainNew HavenCTin exposure on Pomperaug RiverTriassicfishCT0072|,
SouthburyNew HavenCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkfish fossils lower bed,Plants - Conifers,Cycads,Ferns,RushesCT0073|,
Totoket MountainNew HavenCTW slope of Totoket Mt in CTTriassic-JurassicNewarkvertebrates. fish and reptile remains in black shalesCT0074|,
Totoket MountainNew HavenCTat 'Bluff Head',fossils in black lakebed shales interbedded with limestones. 19th Century locality rediscovered in 1969. Now a Connecticut State Park. http://www.monmouth.com/~bcornet/blufhead.htmTriassicShuttle MeadowAbundant fish Redfieldius,Ptycholepis,Semionotus,coprolites,leaf impressionsCT0075|,
Totoket ReservoirNew HavenCTFrom the West Portal of Sugarloaf Tunnel 3.2km N of dam 13.6km E of New Haven 41d20m26sN 72d45m57sWJurassicNewarkreptile footprints-Anchisaurus,Batrachopus,Eubrontes,Gigandipus,Grallator,Shepardia;Amphibian footprints-Triaenopus;Brachiopods-Catopterus,Lopia[?];Fish-SemionotusCT0076No citations for 'Lopia' 070608|,
Highland BrookNew Haven?CTIn gray siltstonesTriassicShuttle Meadowpollen,fishCT0077|,
North BranfieldNew Haven?CTTriassic-JurassicNewarktracks near Sugar Loaf TunnelCT0078|,
EllingtonTollandCTTriassic-JurassicNewarkbonesCT0079|,
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