US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for GEORGIA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
Red BluffBakerGA11 km above Bainbridge in soft brownish Limestone in bed of Cooleewahee CreekOligoceneVicksburgOrbitoides,Nummulites,Echinolampas,Cassidulus,Clypeaster,Pecten,Amusium,OperculinaGA0001|,
EuharleeBartowGA2.5 km NWCambrian-OrdovicianKnox DolomiteSinuopeaGA0002|,
HuberBibbGAAt Huber Kaolin MineEocene Upper (Uintan)Barnwell|TwiggsShark teeth-Ginglymostoma,Lamna,Myliobatis,Odontapsis,Propristis,Scyliorhinus,Negaprion,Hemipristis,PterosphenusGA0003|,
Shell BluffBurkeGAon Savannah River in 10 meter shell bedEoceneBarnwellOstreaGA0004|,
WaynesboroBurkeGA2.5 km below Shell Bluff at Demerie's Ferry in fossiliferous Limestone silicified fossilsVenericardia,EndopachysGA0005|,
WaynesboroBurkeGA25 km S on Savannah River at Shell Bluff in sandy marl bedOstreaGA0006|,
WaynesboroBurkeGA26 km below shell bluff at Griffin LandingOstreaGA0007|,
WaynesboroBurkeGAAt Shell Bluff on W side of Savannah RiverEoceneMcBeanMollusks - Ostrea Classic LocalityGA0008|,
WaynesboroBurkeGAat Vogtle Power StationEoceneTransitional whale - GeorgiacetusGA0009|,
WaynesboroBurkeGAon S side of Savannah River 11 km E of town of Shell BluffEocene MiddleMcBeannumerous good invertebratesGA0010|,
WhiteoakCamdenGA?GA0011|,
WoodbineCamdenGA13 km W at Owens Ferry in bed of Satilla River at low tide poorly preservedPecten,Carditamera,CardiumGA0012|,
-CatoosaGA1 km W of US41 on Cherokee Valley Rd in green siltstoneArchaeocalamitesGA0028|,
Cherokee ValleyCatoosaGA4.8km N on E side of Cherokee Ridge - also on US41MississippianSt Genevieve|GasperInvertebratesGA0013|,
Cherokee ValleyCatoosaGAOn Cherokee Mountain Rd 0.9km N of US41 on White Mountain. -- Between Chattanooga and Lavender shalesMississippianChattanooga Shale|Lavender Shaleplant remains in phosphatic nodules betweenGA0014|,
Cherokee ValleyCatoosaGAalong US41MississippianSt Genevieve|GasperInvertebratesGA0015|,
Cherokee ValleyCatoosaGAon White Mountain on W side of Cherokee Valley 1 km N of US41MississippianFort PayneplantsGA0016|,
Cherokee ValleyCatoosaGAon hillsides and gullies on both sides of valleyabundant silicified brachiopods -CleiothyridinaGA0017|,
Rabbit ValleyCatoosaGAarea Limestone exposuresOrdovicianBryozoa - Petigopora,Prasopora; Brachiopods -Hebertella,Leptaena,Platystrophia,PlectorthisGA0018|,
RinggoldCatoosaGA1.9km E inMississippianLavender Shaletrilobites,bryozoa,echinoderms,brachiopods and ostracodsGA0019|,
RinggoldCatoosaGA2 km EMississippianFort Payne Cherttrilobites,bryozoa,echinoderms,brachiopodsGA0020|,
RinggoldCatoosaGA4.8km N on E side of Rabbit Valley in green chert outcropsOrdovicianGood ichnofossilsGA0021|,
RinggoldCatoosaGA5.2 km SE in oolitic LimestoneCarboniferousPlatycrinus platesGA0022|,
RinggoldCatoosaGA9.5 km SEcrinoid stemsGA0023|,
RinggoldCatoosaGAIn Road cuts on GA151 N of townOrdovicianMurfreesboro|Lenoir LimestoneinvertebratesGA0024|,
RinggoldCatoosaGAN On GA 1251Ordovician MiddleMurfreesboro?GA0025|,
RinggoldCatoosaGAN in roadcuts on GA151OrdovicianinvertebratesGA0026|,
RinggoldCatoosaGAin road cuts on Taylor RidgeSilurianbryozoa,brachiopods,trilobitesGA0027|,
Isle of HopeChathamGAalong banks of Inland Waterway?GA0029Original says Isle of Hop|,
SavannahChathamGABarrow pits along I95 in Savannah area?GA0030|,
Big BluffChattahoocheeGA40 km below Columbus on Right BankMollusks - Cucullaea,Inoceramus,Exogyra,PectenGA0031|,
Chimney BluffChattahoocheeGA35 km below ColumbusCretaceous UpperTombigbee sandCucullaea,Inoceramus,Crassatellites,Cyprimeria,Aphrodina,CorbiculaGA0032|,
OchilleeChattahoocheeGA1200 meters SE in shallow cut on seaboard Air LineNucula,Leda,Inoceramus,Cardium,Legumen,CorbulaGA0033|,
OchilleeChattahoocheeGAIn bed of Ochillee Creek - 5 meters exposedCretaceousEutawSerpula,Nucula,Cucullaea,Trigonarca,Breviarca,Glycymeris,Perna,Ostrea,Pecten,TurritellaGA0034|,
GoreChattoogaGAOn SE flank of Taylor Ridge on US27MississippianFort Payne Chertcorals,etcGA0035|,
SublingaChattoogaGA8 km S on East Armuchee CreekCambrian-OrdovicianKnox dolomiteSinuopeaGA0036|,
CoffintonClayGA3.5 km EOstrea,Exogyra,Anomia,BaculitesGA0037|,
Ft GainesClayGA1.6km N at old mill on Cemochechobee CreekTurritella mortoni,VenericardiaGA0038|,
Ft GainesClayGA14.5 km N at Narrows of Pataula Creek 3.5 km above Chattahoochee River junctionCassidulus,Serpula,mollusks of many species,shark teethGA0039|,
Ft GainesClayGA16 km to small store and down dirt road to Chattahoochee River 400 meters above mouth of Pataula CreekCretaceousProvidence Sandmollusks,ammonitesGA0040|,
Ft GainesClayGAon river bluffTurritella mortoni,VenericardiaGA0041|,
LumpkinClayGA6 km N on Lumpkin-Louvale TrailOstrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Tronia,Pecten,Anomia,Paranomia,Pholadomya,Turritella,etcGA0042Lumpkin is in Stewart County. Presumably this site might be in Clay County near Lumpkin|,
Euchee RapidsColumbiaGAat Burdock landing on Chattahoochee River 21 km downstream from ColumbusLeda?,Breviarca,Perna,Ostrea,Pecten,Anomia,Lucina,CardiumGA0043|,
GrovetownColumbiaGA24 km W of Augusta, 400 meters W of ForestNucula,Leda,Balanus,Turbinella,Ostrea,Modiolus,CalyptraeaGA0044|,
BonaireCrawfordGA400 meters N in RR cutMortonia,Caricella,Turritella,Pecten,Cytherea,BasilosaurusGA0045|,
BonaireCrawfordGA8.4 km SW in cuts along Perry-Henderson RoadFlabellum,Endopachys. Turritella,Leda,Protocardia,Lucina,CorbulaGA0046|,
RobertaCrawfordGA8 km SE at Rich Hill in gulliesEoceneJacksonMortonia,Plejona,Calyptraea,Ostrea,Pecten,Venericardia,Lucina,Panopaea{4}GA0047|,
Pigeon MountainDadeGAalong GA 143 on mountain slopes.OrdovicianTrenton|RichmondTypical Cincinnatian fauna.GA0049|,
Pigeon MountainDadeGAalong GA143Devonianbryozoa,brachiopods,corals,trilobitesGA0048|,
Rising FawnDadeGAat exit from I95MississippianArchimedes,crinoid fragments,a few blastoids.GA0050|,
TrentonDadeGAIn road cut on US11horn coralsGA0051|,
Trenton-DurhamDadeGAon mine dumps ionPennsylvanianplants Annularia,Cordaites,CalamitesGA0052Neither Vandover not Rockdale appear to be valid formation names|,
BainbridgeDecaturGASE at old Roseland Plantation in gullyConus,Marginella,Turbinella,Fulgur,Mazzalina,Melongena,Murex,Nassa,Latirus,Bittium,Turritella,Solarium,Crepidula,Crucibulum,Natica,Fissuridea,Arca,Pecten,Spondylus,Carolia,Mactra,Strigilla,Tellina,etcGA0053|,
GoreFloydGAAlong SE flank of Taylor Ridge inMississippianFort Payne Chertbrachiopods,crinoids,coralsGA0054More likely Chattooga County.|,
LivingstonFloydGAGA100 road cut N of townCambrianConasauga?Armonia(Modocia),AsaphiscusGA0055|,
LivingstonFloydGAN in road cut on Hwy 100Cambrian MiddleArmonia,AsaphiscusGA0056|,
RomeFloydGA24 km West in shaleCambrian MiddleConasauga?Brachiopods - Obolella,Linguella,Trilobites -Elrathia,Ogygopsis?(16)GA0057|,
RomeFloydGAIn very fossiliferous LimestoneCambrian MiddleConasaugaAcrocephalops,Alokistocare,Coosella,Elrathia,Kootenia,Menomonia,Obolus,Olenoides(4)GA0058|,
RomeFloydGAWestCambrian MiddleConasaugatrilobites - ElrathiaGA0059|,
GibsonGlascockGA2.5 km N in light gray bedsEoceneClaiborneFlabellum,Endopachys,Mazzalina,Turritella,Pecten,Pteria,Venericardia,Lucina,Panopaea,CythereaGA0060|,
BrunswickGlynnGAIn river dredgings at S edge of cityMiocene-Recentfossil shellsGA0061|,
Jekyll IslandGlynnGAFossilsGA0062|,
Horn MountainGordonGAon along EW road from Sugar ValleyOrdovicianBrachiopods - Hebertella,Hesperorthis,Orthorhynchula,Platystrophia,ZygospiraGA0063|,
-HoustonGAon W side of US4 7km S of US4 GA127 intersectionEocenecorals and mollusksGA0075|,
ClinchfieldHoustonGAIn Clinchfield SandsEoceneClinchfieldSawfish teeth-PristisGA0064|,
ClinchfieldHoustonGAIn Quarry of Penn Dixie Cement CoEocene UpperOcala LimestonemollusksGA0065|,
ClinchfieldHoustonGAQuarry on E side GA341Eocene UpperOcalamollusksGA0066|,
PerryHoustonGAEchinoderm - PeriarchusGA0067|,
PerryHoustonGA5 km S or GA127 on US41EoceneTwiggscasts of mollusks,coralsGA0068|,
PerryHoustonGA7 km S on at top of Moses Hill on Perry-Elko RoadEoceneClaiborne|VicksburgFlabellum,Turbinolia,Endopachys,Turritella,Mesalia,Calyptraea,Dentalium,Nucula,Leda,Glycymeris,Phacoides,Venericardia,Cytherea,Crassatellites,CorbulaGA0069|,
PerryHoustonGAIn Limestone Quarry on E side of Elko Rd 5 km SEoceneTivolacasts of mollusks,bryozoa,echinoidsGA0070|,
PerryHoustonGAIn quarryMortonia,Clypeaster,Pecten,Panopaea,Lunulites,IdmoneaGA0071|,
PerryHoustonGAIn roadcut on GA26 3 km W of Elko Rd at Milestone 6OligoceneFlint Rivercasts of mollusksGA0072|,
PerryHoustonGAIn roadcut on dirt road 400 meters N of County Line Road 7 km E of Elko RdOligoceneFlint Rivercasts of mollusksGA0073|,
PerryHoustonGAon Elko Rd 5-5 km SEoceneTivolacasts of mollusks,coralsGA0074|,
Kittrell'sJohnson?GA3 km W at Ring Jaw Landing on Oconee RiverEoceneJacksonOrbitoides,Flabellum,Platytrochus,Endopachys,Mortoni,Nucula,Leda,Pecten,Ostrea,Protocardia,LunulitesGA0076|,
RobertsJohnson?GA2 km E in RR cutMany invertebrates Endopachys,Cylichna,Plejona,Clavelithes,Mazzalina,Fusus,Chrysodomus,Turritella,Natica,Calyptraea,Adeorbis,Nucula,Yoldia,Leda,pecten,Ostrea,Trigonarca,Modiolus,Venericardia,Lucina,Cytherea,Corbula.GA0077|,
ValdostaLowndesGAIn exposures along GA41 both N and S of townMioceneHawthorninvertebratesGA0078|,
ValdostaLowndesGAalong AL41 N and S of townMiocene MiddleHawthorninvertebratesGA0079|,
IdealMaconGA2 or 3 km N in RR cut of Atlanta,Birmingham and Atlantic RRCretaceous UpperRipleyCucullaea,Crassatellites,Cardium,Turritella,Lamna,Corax,Otodus,bones,MosasaurusGA0080|,
Buena VistaMarionGA8 km NW in highway cut near Kinchafoonee Creek RR bridgeVeniella,Cardium,Aphrodina,TurritellaGA0081|,
ColquittMillerGA2 km W on Spring Creek in flintscasts and molds of Pecten,Orbitoides,Ostrea,gastropodsGA0082|,
ColquittMillerGA3.5 km N on Long Branch in flintscasts and molds of Pecten,Orbitoides,Ostrea,gastropodsGA0083|,
BridgeboroMitchellGAQuarry on S side of GA112 between Bridgeboro and LesterOligoceneFlint Riverfossils?GA0084|,
LesterMitchellGAIn Penn-Dixie quarry on S side of GA112 between Lester and Bridgeboro. Permission requiredOligoceneFlint Rivercasts of mollusksGA0085|,
ColumbusMuscogeeGA11 km SE below Cusseta Rd bridgemollusks and vertebrate fragments.GA0086|,
ColumbusMuscogeeGA17 km downstream along Chattahoochee River in various stream bank exposuresFossil plants,Malpoenna[?],Phragmites,Salix,SequoiaGA0087No citations for 'Malpoenna' 050525|,
ColumbusMuscogeeGA17 km downstream on Alabama side of Chattahoochee River at Broken Arrow BendCretaceousEutawPerna,Ostrea,Exogyra,Pecten,Anomia,Placenticeras,pelecypod casts,Turritella,gastropod casts,vertebrates -Lamna,OtodusGA0088|,
ColumbusMuscogeeGA17 km downstream on Georgia side of Chattahoochee River at Broken Arrow Bend along base of 40-50 meter bluffFossil plants,Malpoenna,Phragmites,Salix,SequoiaGA0089|,
ColumbusMuscogeeGAalong Steam Mill Rd on W-facing slope of Tiger CreekCretaceousEutawNucula,Perna,Cardium,Cymbophora,Corbula,AnchuraGA0090|,
Van WertPolkGA1300 meters SSW in Cenozoic beds interstratified with Paleozoic rocksCenozoicgastropods -PolygyridaeGA0091|,
HawkinsvillePulaskiGA5 km up Ocmulgee RiverEocene UpperOcmulgee LimestoneFlabellum,Sphenotrochus,Endopachys,Leda,Venericardia,Lunulites,AmusiumGA0092Can't identify a Taylor's Bluff Formation. Taylor's bluff is in Ocmulgee Limestone|,
EufaulaQuitmanGA8 km SE at Milepost 139 on Central of Georgia RRPecten,Crassatellites,Cardium,Pugnellus,AnchuraGA0093This is likely more properly 'Georgetown,GA'. Eufaula is on the Alabama side of the River.|,
HatcherQuitmanGANW in RR cutsEoceneDendrophyllia,Venericardia,CythereaGA0094|,
McBeanRichmondGAEoceneMcBeanfossilsGA0095|,
McBeanRichmondGA35 km S of Augusta along McBean Creek above Savannah RiverEoceneMcBeanmollusks Endopachys,Ringicula,Conus,Pleurotoma,Turritella,Mesalia,Tuba,Amalthea,Crepidula,Calyptraea,Lunatia,Venericardia,Bornia,Cytherea,Metis,Tellina,Corbula,Dentalium,Nucula,Yoldia,Arca,Ostrea,Pecten,CrassatellitesGA0096|,
EllavilleSchleyGA11 km N 1 km E of Murray Crossroads in light-green,yellow sandmollusks-Nemodon,Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Pecten,Lima,Anomia,Paranomia,TurritellaGA0097|,
JacksonboroScrevenGAIn Limestone on Briar Creek 1km NE of Sylvania - Classic LocalityOrbitoides,Actaeonina,Bulla,Pleurotoma,Drillia,Olivella,Marginella,Mitra,Pyazsinus[?],Cerithium,Modulus,Acmaea,Turritella,Strombus,Calyptraea,Xenophora,Ampullina Dentalium,Pecten,MytilusGA0098No citations for 'Pyazsinus' 050525|,
Marks HeadScrevenGA2 km NW of Porters Landing on the Savannah RiverMioceneMarks HeadMany species of fossilsGA0099|,
-StewartGAvivianite crystals to 5cm in fossil castsGA0110|,
-StewartGAOn N bank of Hannahatchee Creek in R30ET14N about 600m from Seaboard Air Line RRCretaceousBlufftownvertebrates-BorodinopristisGA0111R30ET14N|,
Banks LandingStewartGA43 km below Columbus on Chattahoochee Rivercorals,Serpula,Nucula,Leda,Breviarca,Nemodon,Gervilliopsis,Perna,Lima,Inoceramus,Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Trigonia,Pecten,Veniella,Crassatellites,Turritella,etcGA0100|,
BlufftownStewartGAat bluff on Chattahoochee River 50 km below Columbusabundant vermes,mollusca,arthropods,Vertebrates - Lamna,fish vertebra.GA0101|,
BlufftownStewartGAat bluff on Chattahoochee River 52 km below ColumbusCucullaea,PectenGA0102|,
FlorenceStewartGAIn river bluffHamulus,Nucula,Leda,Trigonarca,Arca,Barbatia,Ostrea,Exogyra;crocodile teeth;Lamna.GA0103|,
Hannahatchee CreekStewartGA10 km W of US27 on GA39CretaceousBlufftownScapanorhynchus and a few mollusks in creek bedGA0104|,
Hannahatchee CreekStewartGAIn vertebrate and Oyster rich layer in sandy,silty,clayCretaceousBlufftownGastropods-Albula;Ammonites-Placenticeras;Bivalves-Exogyra,Crassostrea;Shark teeth-Squatina,Heterodontus,Ginglymostoma,Squalicorax,Pseudocorax,Scapanorhynchus,Cretolamna,Plicatolamna,Ptychotrygon,Pseudohypolophus,Brachyrhizodus,Rhombodus,Ischyrhiza,...GA0105|,
Hannahatchee CreekStewartGAN of GA39 11 km W of US27Cretaceousshark teethGA0106|,
LumpkinStewartGAOn E side of US13 6 km N at Milepost 13 in road cutCretaceousRipleyExogyra,Flemingostrea,Ostrea,Shark TeethGA0107|,
OmahaStewartGA8 km E on S side of Hannahatchee Creek Next to GA39CretaceousBlufftownVertebrates-ParanomotodonGA0108|,
Stewart CountyStewartGAIn stream bed of Hannahatchee Creek near Alabama border inCretaceousBlufftownHadrosaur bones.GA0109|,
Gallemore StationTwiggsGAIn marly Limestone in creek bedPlejona,Calyptraea,Turritella,Mesalia,Leda,Glycymeris,Diplodonta,Corbula,etcGA0112|,
HuberTwiggsGAEoceneBarnwellRay teeth Myliobatis. Fish teeth Trichiurides,Cylindracanthus,Snake vertebrae - PaleophisGA0113|,
Pikes Peak StationTwiggsGA1600 meters W in the Dry Branch region.Nucula,Ostrea,CrassatellitesGA0114|,
ChickamaugaWalkerGAIn road cuts along US27 NW or W Chickamauga Creek.OrdovicianLebanonSponges-Camarocladia;Bryozoa-Arthroclema,Escharapora,Mesotrypa,Stictoporella,Brachiopods-Glyptorthis,Hesperorthis,Mimella,Multicostella,Pionoderma,Rafinesquina,Sowerbyella,Valcourea;etcGA0115|,
ChalkerWashingtonGA2.2 km S in exposures along Hwy in white clayCretaceousFlabellum,Cucullaearca,Cerithium,Turritella,Mesalia,Venericardia,Ostrea,Cytherea,Corbula,etcGA0116|,
ChalkerWashingtonGA4 km S in RR cut in white clayCretaceousFlabellum,Cucullaearca,Cerithium,Turritella,Mesalia,Venericardia,Ostrea,Cytherea,Corbula,etcGA0117|,
SandervilleWashingtonGA1300 meters S of courthouse in soft white LimestoneOstrea,MortoniaGA0118|,
TennilleWashingtonGAnear RR Milestone 139 in sand in gullyGlycymeris,Mortonia,Endopachys,Corbula,Crassatellites,OstreaGA0119|,
DaltonWhitfieldGA25 km E 76/255 Oak Grove SchoolCambrian MiddleCoosella,SolenopleurellaGA0120|,
DaltonWhitfieldGAAt Dug Gap Church on Foster RdCambrian MiddleAphelaspisGA0121|,
Hamilton MountainWhitfieldGAon Hamilton Mountain along EW road connecting GA71 with NS road just E of Rocky Face MountainOrdovicianBrachiopods - Ancistrorhyncha,Camarotoechia,Orthorhynchula,Sowerbyella,ZygospiraGA0122|,
OakfieldWorthGA2 km S on AL257 in chertinvertebratesGA0123|,
OakfieldWorthGAIn Flint River cherts 2.4km SOligoceneFlint RiverinvertebratesGA0124|,
-[?]GAIn belt 10 to 40 km wide across state: fossiliferous outcropsEoceneMcBean?GA0130|,
Center[?]GACambrianTrilobites OlenellusGA0125|,
Kingsland-St Mary's area[?]GA?GA0126|,
Rocky Face Mountain[?]GAon Dug Gap RoadOrdovicianBrachiopods - Hebertella,Hesperorthis,Orthorhynchula,Platystrophia,ZygospiraGA0127|,
Spann Farm[?]GACambrianElrathiella,Elrathia,Coosia,Blainia,Eterapsis,Sterapsis,GlyphapsisGA0128|,
Spann Farm[?]GAIn Coosa ValleyCambrian MiddleElrathiella,Elrathia,Coosia,Blainia,EterapsisGA0129|,

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