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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
North Central IA	-	IA	in regional exposures	Devonian		stromatoporoids	IA0001				\|	,
Crescent	Adair	IA	In quarry	Pennsylvanian	Stark	Fish bones	IA0002				\|	,
Greenfield	Adair	IA	In quarry	Pennsylvanian	Stark	Fish-Agassizodus	IA0003				\|	,
Harrison Township	Adair	IA	in Sec 27 in ravine on hillside.			fish fragments,crinoid stems,bryozoa,brachiopods	IA0004				\|	,
Lansing	Allamakee	IA	1 km S	Cambrian Upper	Eau Claire	Saratogia	IA0005				\|	,
Lansing	Allamakee	IA	5 km W on hillside 3 meters above road on N side	Cambrian Upper	St Lawrence	Dikelocephalus	IA0006				\|	,
Lansing	Allamakee	IA	at Fire-Bell Hill	Cambrian Upper	St Lawrence	Illaenurus	IA0007				\|	,
Eldorado	Benton	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa	Trilobites-Anataphrus	IA0008				\|	,
Waterloo	Black Hawk	IA		Mississippian	Kinderhook	Crinoids	IA0009				\|	,
Waterloo	Black Hawk	IA		Mississippian	Kinderhook	Crinoids	IA0010				\|	,
Waterloo	Black Hawk	IA	Pints Quarry,In	Devonian	Cedar Valley Limestone	Arthrodire fish - Macropetalichthys,Rhynchodus,Ptychodus	IA0011				\|	,
Boonsboro	Boone	IA				pelecypod Edmondia	IA0012				\|	,
Madrid	Boone	IA		Pennsylvanian	Labette	mollusks Pteria,Dunbarella,Edestid shark spines,sharks Listracanthus	IA0013				\|	,
Waverly	Bremer	IA	in limestone	Devonian	Hamilton	fish-Ptyctodus,Rhynchodus	IA0014				\|	,
Brandon	Buchanan	IA	E along Lime Creek in Cemetery in Limestone			crinoid fragments	IA0015				\|	,
Brandon	Buchanan	IA	SE IN interurban RR cuts in Limestone	Devonian	Cedar Valley	crinoid fragments	IA0016				\|	,
Brandon	Buchanan	IA	along Lime Creek E of Cemetery in abandoned and active quarries.			Atrypa,edrioasteroids -Agelacrinites	IA0017				\|	,
Brandon	Buchanan	IA	on Cedar River SW of Brandon			brachiopods Douvillina	IA0018				\|	,
Littleton	Buchanan	IA	below Littleton dam on both sides of Wapsipinicon River	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Hexagonaria,cephalopods,Favosites,Cryptophyllum,brachiopods - Stropheodonta,Atrypa,Spirifer; crinoid stems,bryozoa	IA0019				\|	,
Lewis	Cass	IA	in banks of Nishnabotna River accessible on abandoned road from Cold Springs State Park	Pennsylvanian	Oread	fusulinids,a few shark teeth,brachiopods,bryozoa,fusulinids	IA0020				\|	,
Clarence	Cedar	IA		Silurian	Niagara Falls dolomite	trilobites - Metopolichas,Cheirurus	IA0021				\|	,
-	Cerro Gordo	IA		Devonian		brachiopods -Schizophoria	IA0026				\|	,
Bird Hill	Cerro Gordo	IA	1.6km W on B47	Devonian Upper	Hackberry (IA)	Corals,Brachiopods - Atrypa,Theodossia,Spirifer,Productella,Productella,Cyrtospirifer,Tenticospirifer. Stromatoporoid -Idiostroma	IA0022				\|	,
Hackberry	Cerro Gordo	IA	5 km W at Bird Hill			?	IA0023				\|	,
Nora Springs	Cerro Gordo	IA	'Hackberry Fauna' exposures at Claybank Forest Park	Devonian		Devonian Fossils presumably similar to those at Rockford,IA	IA0024				\|	,
Portland Township	Cerro Gordo	IA	nw1/4 sw1/4 s31			trilobites - Goldius	IA0025				\|	,
Elkader	Clayton	IA	3-10 meters below Galena dolomite in small creek 2 km SW	Ordovician	Platteville, Upper	trilobites -Illaneus	IA0027				\|	,
Marion Township	Clayton	IA	nw1/4 se1/4 s19 along left bank of a small North flowing tributary of the Turkey River in shaley Limestone	Ordovician	Elgin	trilobite fragments - Isotelus,graptolites	IA0028				\|	,
McGregor	Clayton	IA	6 km SW along Sny Magill Creek in Limestone	Ordovician	Platteville	trilobite - Ceraurus	IA0029				\|	,
McGregor	Clayton	IA	6 km SW in Boyles Quarry in Limestone	Ordovician	Platteville	trilobite - Ceraurus,Eoharpes	IA0030				\|	,
McGregor	Clayton	IA	N to Minnesota line in Cambrian Upper Sandstones along Mississippi River	Cambrian Upper		a few fossils	IA0031				\|	,
McGregor	Clayton	IA	along Sny Magill Creek in Limestone exposures	Ordovician	Platteville	trilobite - Ceraurus	IA0032				\|	,
Sperry Township	Clayton	IA	S of center of Sec 11	Ordovician	Galena	Crinoids	IA0033				\|	,
Strawberry Pt	Clayton	IA	area quarries	Silurian		fossils	IA0034				\|	,
Clinton	Clinton	IA		Silurian	Niagaran	graptolites,trilobites - Goldius	IA0035				\|	,
Clinton	Clinton	IA	from US30 N to US20 in quarries and roadcuts	Silurian		Fossils	IA0036				\|	,
Boyer	Crawford	IA	N along Porter Creek in bench 10 meters above Creek			mollusks	IA0037				\|	,
Boyer	Crawford	IA	N at lower end of valley in blue-gray silt			mollusks	IA0038				\|	,
Boyer	Crawford	IA	in area streams and gullies			gastropods and bivalves	IA0039				\|	,
Redfield	Dallas	IA	in clayey shale	Pennsylvanian		Xiphosura - Euproops	IA0040				\|	,
Bloomfield	Davis	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	trilobites - Encrinurus	IA0041				\|	,
Elgin	Davis	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa	Calymene	IA0043				\|	,
Elgin	Davis	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	Trilobites -Isotelus	IA0042				\|	,
Elgin	Davis	IA	in road cuts along Turkey River SW of town in Elgin member of	Ordovician	Maquoketa	trilobites and Ammonites	IA0044				\|	,
Clermont	Davis?	IA	near junction of Otter Creek and Turkey River	Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	Trilobites - Isotelus	IA0045	Clermont is in Fayette Cy. Is this location perhaps in Davis County?			\|	,
Edgewood	Delaware	IA	area quarries	Silurian		fossils	IA0046				\|	,
Manchester	Delaware	IA	4 km W	Silurian Upper	Niagara Falls Limestone	graptolites,trilobites - Illaneus	IA0047				\|	,
Manchester	Delaware	IA	area quarries	Silurian		fossils	IA0048				\|	,
Augusta	Des Moines	IA		Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	crinoids,Shark teeth -- hybodonts,Psammodus	IA0049				\|	,
Augusta	Des Moines	IA	1 km N in area exposures	Mississippian	Keokuk	typical faunas	IA0050				\|	,
Augusta	Des Moines	IA	Rare crinoid crowns in crinoidal limestone	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	crinoids	IA0051				\|	,
Burlington	Des Moines	IA				Crinoids Eutrochocrinus,Agaricocrinites	IA0052				\|	,
Burlington	Des Moines?	IA	at Prospect Hill in Mississippi River bluffs for 3 km	Mississippian	Kinderhook	sponges,crinoid stems,Brachiopods,pelecypods,cephalopods,crustacea,fish,worms,bryozoa,corals,plants	IA0053				\|	,
-	Dubuque	IA	3 meters N of Mississippi River Bridge 2 meters above low water			Eoharpes	IA0064				\|	,
Catfish Creek	Dubuque	IA	near mouth	Ordovician	Platteville Limestone	Ceraurus	IA0054				\|	,
Center Township	Dubuque	IA	ne1/4 s29 2 meters above NW flowing tributary of Little Maquoketa River			Orthoceras	IA0055				\|	,
Dubuque	Dubuque	IA	6.5 km N in cuts of Chicago,Milwaukee and St Paul RR	Ordovician	Platteville	trilobites - Basilicus,other fossils.	IA0056				\|	,
Dubuque	Dubuque	IA	at City Quarries on W 14th St	Ordovician	Galena dolomite	trilobites - Illaneus and 1 other fossil species	IA0057				\|	,
Florenceville	Dubuque	IA	area outcrops	Ordovician	Galena\|Platteville	trilobites - Brachyaspis	IA0058	Brachyaspis is Isotelus			\|	,
Florenceville	Dubuque	IA	on River above town	Ordovician	Maquoketa	Trilobites - Homotelus	IA0059				\|	,
Graf	Dubuque	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	Calymene	IA0060				\|	,
Graf	Dubuque	IA	500 meters above			Lingula,Orthoceras,Leptobolus,+ 14 other species.	IA0061				\|	,
Graf	Dubuque	IA	at RR station 14 km W of Dubuque and 2 km N of IA20	Ordovician	Maquoketa	nautiloids	IA0062				\|	,
Graf Station	Dubuque	IA	at ICCR station 12.8km No of Dubuque and 2.4km N of US 20	Ordovician	Maquoketa	Straight cephalopods.	IA0063				\|	,
Brainard	Fayette	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa\|Brainard	trilobites - Calymene	IA0065				\|	,
Clermont	Fayette	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa	Calymene	IA0067				\|	,
Clermont	Fayette	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	trilobites - Megalaspis	IA0066				\|	,
Clermont	Fayette	IA	in dry stream beds along County road Y in Elgin member of	Ordovician	Maquoketa	trilobites and Ammonites	IA0068				\|	,
Clermont	Fayette	IA	in road cuts along Clermont-Elgin road in Elgin member of	Ordovician	Maquoketa	trilobites and Ammonites	IA0069				\|	,
Clermont Township	Fayette	IA	In creek banks above bridge in center of S35			trilobites,graptolites	IA0070				\|	,
Clermont Township	Fayette	IA	in area shale outcrops			trilobites,graptolites	IA0071				\|	,
Dover Mills	Fayette	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa	Calymene	IA0072				\|	,
Pleasant Valley Township	Fayette	IA	at Patterson Springs w1/2nw1/4s20 in Limestone			abundant Cornulites,Hebertella,Plectambonites,Leptaena,Calymene,Crinoid stems (Dendrocrinus)	IA0073			w1/2nw1/4s20	\|	,
Postville Junction	Fayette	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa, Lower	trilobites - Megalaspis	IA0074				\|	,
-	Floyd	IA	area exposures	Devonian	Lime Creek Shale	barnacles - Lepidocoleus	IA0088				\|	,
Nora Springs	Floyd	IA				Coral Actinostroma	IA0075				\|	,
Nova Springs	Floyd	IA	Williams Quarry			corals,edrioasteroids,cystoids	IA0076				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA				pelecypod Spinatrypa	IA0077				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA		Devonian		Brachiopods;Cephalopods Imitoceras	IA0078				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	5 km S and .5 km W of Rockford Brick Co Pit on County Rd	Devonian Upper	Hackberry (IA)	Corals,Brachiopods,Corals.	IA0079				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	700 meters SW of Rockford Brick and Tile Company on County Road D	Devonian	Hackberry (IA)	brachiopods,gastropods,coral	IA0080				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	In Allied Construction Company (Charles City,IA) pit 2 km W of Rockford on County Rd B47 in Map FQ Spring 84 p11. N1/2S16R18WT95N	Devonian	Juniper Hill\|Cerro Gordo (IA)	Brachiopods - Cranaena - with traces of original shell coloring.	IA0081			N1/2S16R18WT95N	\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	Prairie park is maintained by the Floyd County Conservation Board. It is full of Devonian age fossils found in the Lime Creek Formation. the Lime Creek Formation is part of the Devonian rock system that can be found in Cerro Gordo and Floyd counties.	Devonian	Lime Creek	?	IA0082				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	area limestones			corals,brachiopods,crinoids	IA0083				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	in road cut on County Rd D			brachiopods,corals	IA0084				\|	,
Rockford	Floyd	IA	in.5 km S and 6 km W of Rockford Brick Co Pit	Devonian Upper	Hackberry (IA)	Corals,Brachiopods,Corals. Brachiopods - Atrypa,Theodossia,Spirifer,Productella,Productella,Cyrtospirifer,Tenticospirifer. Stromatoporoid - Idiostroma	IA0085				\|	,
Rockland[?]	Floyd	IA				brachiopods - Schuchertella,Linoproductus,Juresania	IA0086	There doesn't seem to be a Rockland,Iowa. Rockford? But the genera above are Pennsylvanian. Rockford is Devonian.			\|	,
Williams Quarry at Nova Springs	Floyd	IA				Edrioasteroids and Cystoids	IA0087				\|	,
Chapin	Franklin	IA	2 km W in cherty dolomite	Mississippian Lower	Maynes Creek	abundant corals	IA0089				\|	,
Geneva Township	Franklin	IA	in abandoned quarry in S10 silicified fossils			Schellwienella,Productus,Camarotoechia,Spirifer,Cleiothyridina,fish spines	IA0090				\|	,
Geneva Township	Franklin	IA	in abandoned quarry in S14 silicified fossils			Schellwienella,Productus,Camarotoechia,Spirifer,Cleiothyridina,fish spines	IA0091				\|	,
Hampton	Franklin	IA	2 km NW of town in quarry on Spring Creek			many species of corals,brachiopods,crinoids,pelecypods	IA0092				\|	,
Hampton	Franklin	IA	5 km NE in quarry			many species of corals,brachiopods,crinoids,pelecypods	IA0093				\|	,
Hampton	Franklin	IA	In N part of town in quarry on Spring Creek			many species of corals,brachiopods,crinoids,pelecypods	IA0094				\|	,
Ross Township	Franklin	IA	In SW corner s29			abundant fossils - corals,blastoids,brachiopods. bryozoa,gastropods,pelecypods	IA0095				\|	,
Sheffield	Franklin	IA	In S17 of West Fork Township	Devonian Upper	Sheffield	Cleiothyridina,Productus,Camarotoechia,Spirifer,silicified fossils	IA0096				\|	,
Bartlett	Fremont	IA	At Kaser Bros Quarry	Pennsylvanian	Holt	vertebrates-Agassizodus	IA0097				\|	,
Beaman	Grundy	IA	along Wolf Creek	Mississippian	Kinderhook	Zaphrentis; brachiopods-Schellwienella,Camarotoechia,Rhipidomella,Dielasma,Spirifer; Conocardium,Straparollus,Loxonema	IA0098				\|	,
Conrad	Grundy	IA	along Wolf Creek	Mississippian	Kinderhook	Zaphrentis. Schellwienella,Camarotoechia,Rhipidomella,Dielasma,Spirifer,Conocardium,Straparollus,Loxonema	IA0099				\|	,
Stewart	Guthrie	IA		Pennsylvanian	Hertha	vertebrates-Petrodus	IA0100				\|	,
Eagle City	Hardin	IA	in banks of Iowa River	Mississippian Lower	Kinderhook, Upper	brachiopods - Leptaena,Orthoceras,Schellwienella,Productus,Spirifer,Reticularia; Bryozoa - Chaetetes,Rhombopora,Fenestella; Gastropods - Orthonychia,Straparollus	IA0101				\|	,
Iowa Falls	Hardin	IA	SE in old Ellsworth Stone quarry			Zaphrentis,Orophocrinus,Platycrinus,Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Reticularia,Aviculopecten,Bellerophon. Igoceras,Loxonema,Straparollus	IA0102				\|	,
Iowa Falls	Hardin	IA	in old quarry on Iowa River at power plant			Zaphrentis,Orophocrinus,Platycrinus,Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Reticularia,Aviculopecten,Bellerophon; Igoceras,Loxonema,Straparollus	IA0103				\|	,
Iowa Falls	Hardin	IA	to W in Wild Cat Glen			Zaphrentis,Orophocrinus,Platycrinus,Schellwienella,Rhipidomella,Spirifer,Reticularia,Aviculopecten,Bellerophon. Igoceras,Loxonema,Straparollus	IA0104				\|	,
Henry County	Henry	IA	se1/4s17t71nr6e on side of Big Creek	Mississippian Upper	Pella	Griffithides	IA0105			se1/4s17t71nr6e	\|	,
Jackson Township	Henry	IA	At Webster's Mill in W part of Section (What Section?) along a tributary of Skunk River	Mississippian	Keokuk	fossils(4)	IA0106				\|	,
Jackson Township	Henry	IA	Sec 4 along small tributary of Skunk River			Griffithides	IA0107				\|	,
Mount Pleasant	Henry	IA		Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Sandalodus	IA0108				\|	,
Oakland Mills	Henry	IA		Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	Shark Teeth,Deltodus	IA0109				\|	,
Ollie	Henry	IA		Mississippian Upper	Pella	trilobites -Griffithides(4)	IA0110				\|	,
Ottumwa	Henry	IA		Mississippian Upper	Pella	trilobites -Griffithides(4)	IA0111				\|	,
Dakota City	Humboldt	IA	Hodges Quarry	Mississippian	Gilmore City Limestone	Trilobites-Perexigupyge,Richterella,Proetides	IA0112				\|	,
Humboldt	Humboldt	IA	in Hodges Quarry in limestone lenses	Mississippian	Gilmore City	mollusks,brachiopods,ostracods	IA0113				\|	,
Bellevue	Jackson	IA	N through Dubuque to Minnesota line along Mississippi River	Ordovician	St Peter Sandstone	Galena Dolomite,Maquoketa shale.	IA0114				\|	,
Maquoketa	Jackson	IA				Casts of fossils. Coral-Neozaphrentis	IA0115				\|	,
Monmouth	Jackson	IA				gastropods-Trochonema	IA0116				\|	,
St Donatus	Jackson	IA	Prairie Spring Township along Mort[?] Creek limestone and shale	Ordovician	Galena	20 species of fossils	IA0117	Most likely 'Tete des Mortes' Creek which is just S of town			\|	,
Tete de Mort Township	Jackson	IA	In soft brown shales along creek near Sec 13-14 boundary			abundant fossils	IA0118	'Tete des Mortes' perhaps			\|	,
Kellogg	Jasper	IA		Mississippian	Keokuk Limestone	shark spines to 70cm - Physonemus	IA0119				\|	,
Kellogg	Jasper	IA	In limestone quarry	Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish fins-Physonemus	IA0120				\|	,
Round Prairie Township	Jefferson	IA	In S bank of Rock Creek ne1/4 ne1/4 s32			Protozoa,coral Pentremites,Archeocidaris spines and plates,crinoid stems,Vermes - Spirorbis?; Bryozoa -Anisotrypa,Fenestella; brachiopods; pelecypods - Allorisma;Arthropods - Cytherellina; fish bones	IA0121				\|	,
Brandon	Johnson	IA	area exposures	Devonian	Cedar Valley	trilobite - Proteus	IA0122				\|	,
Brandon	Johnson	IA	area exposures	Devonian Lower	Independence Shale[?]	trilobite - Cyphaspis	IA0123	USGS has the Independence formation as Pleistocene			\|	,
Cedar Rapids	Johnson	IA		Devonian	Cedar Valley Limestone	Blastoids,	IA0124				\|	,
Coralville	Johnson	IA				Corals-Striatopora,Hexagonaria,Favosites;bryozoa-Thamniscus;brachiopods-Atrypa	IA0125				\|	,
Coralville	Johnson	IA		Devonian		Fossils	IA0126				\|	,
Coralville	Johnson	IA	in gorge S of Dam spillway http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/jan02/story18.htm	Devonian		diverse fossils	IA0127				\|	,
Elmira	Johnson	IA	1 km N	Devonian Middle	Davenport	trilobites -Proteus	IA0128				\|	,
Iowa City	Johnson	IA	In limestones	Devonian Middle	Hamilton	trilobites - Asteropyge	IA0129				\|	,
Iowa City	Johnson	IA	N of Park Bridge in abandoned quarry	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Proetus	IA0130	Both 'Proetus' and 'Proteus' spellings are commonly used -- apparently interchangeably			\|	,
Iowa City	Johnson	IA	N on Templin road,Red Ball Road	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Proetus	IA0131				\|	,
Johnson County	Johnson	IA	area stream gravels			silicified Favosites	IA0132				\|	,
Linn Junction	Johnson	IA	along old Chicago,Milwaukee and St Paul RR cut	Devonian Middle	Wapsipinicon	Proetus	IA0133				\|	,
Linn Junction	Johnson	IA	in area outcrops	Devonian Middle	Wapsipinicon	Proetus	IA0134				\|	,
New Buffalo	Johnson	IA		Devonian	Cedar Valley	Vertebrates-Dipterus	IA0135				\|	,
New Buffalo	Johnson	IA	In limestones	Devonian Middle	Hamilton	trilobites - Asteropyge	IA0136				\|	,
Searstown	Johnson	IA	In limestones	Devonian Middle	Hamilton	trilobites - Asteropyge	IA0137				\|	,
State Quarry	Johnson	IA	In bone bed	Devonian Upper	State Quarry	fish-Ptyctodus	IA0138				\|	,
Keokuk	Keokuk	IA	At Des Moines Rapids in Mississippi River	Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish teeth-Cladodus,Cochliodus,Deltodus,Sandalodus	IA0139				\|	,
Keswick	Keokuk	IA		Mississippian	Keokuk Limestone	Shark Spines Physonemus,Teeth -- Cladodus,Helodus,Deltodus,Chomatodus	IA0140				\|	,
Keswick	Keokuk	IA	In limestone quarry	Mississippian	Keokuk	Fish fins-Physonemus	IA0141				\|	,
Ollie	Keokuk	IA	2 km NW	Mississippian Upper	Pella	Griffithides	IA0142				\|	,
South English	Keokuk	IA		Mississippian		bradyodont shark teeth-Sandalodus	IA0143				\|	,
-	Lee	IA		Mississippian	Keokuk Limestone	shark teeth -- Ctenoptychius	IA0155				\|	,
Belfast	Lee	IA	2 km NE along E branch of Monk Creek in se1/4s36t67nr72			silicified coral - Lithostrotion,Syringopora	IA0144			se1/4s36t67nr72	\|	,
Belfast	Lee	IA	4 km W	Mississippian	St Louis	Lithostrotion,Conularia,Orbiculoidea	IA0145				\|	,
Belfast	Lee	IA	4.5 km W in stream bank at sharp bend	Mississippian	St Louis	Girtyella,Spirifer,Myalina,Aviculopecten,Modiomorpha,Conocardium,Bellerophon	IA0146				\|	,
Belfast	Lee	IA	in River Bluffs below town	Mississippian	St Louis	Lithostrotion,Conularia,Orbiculoidea	IA0147				\|	,
Croton	Lee	IA	along banks of Creek emptying into Des Moines River	Mississippian Upper	Pella Limestone	brachiopods-Productus,Pugnoides,Girtyella,Spirifer,Composita;Pelecypods- Edmondia,Schizodus,Allorisma Trilobites - Phillipsia.	IA0148				\|	,
Denmark	Lee	IA	4 km NW,In a bluff	Mississippian	Keokuk	Orthothetes,Spirifer,Conularia,Cleiothyridina,Reticularia,Tetracamera,Pustula,Productus	IA0149				\|	,
Keokuk	Lee	IA		Mississippian		fossils,geodes	IA0150				\|	,
Keokuk	Lee	IA	Montrose			Trilobites -Griffithides	IA0151				\|	,
Keokuk	Lee	IA	along Soap Creek full exposures of Keokuk Limestone beds	Mississippian	Keokuk	corals,bryozoa,brachiopods pelecypods,gastropods,fish teeth - Sandalodus,crinoids,etc	IA0152				\|	,
Keokuk	Lee	IA	at Galland Station			Trilobites -Griffithides	IA0153				\|	,
Keokuk	Lee	IA	in quarry in Mississippi river bank near mouth of Soap Creek full exposures of Keokuk Limestone beds	Mississippian	Keokuk	corals,bryozoa,brachiopods pelecypods,gastropods,fish teeth - Sandalodus,crinoids,etc	IA0154				\|	,
Linn County	Linn	IA	Area streambeds			silicified corals	IA0156				\|	,
Linn County	Linn	IA	In area exposures	Silurian	Niagaran	Trilobites - Encrinurus	IA0157				\|	,
Linwood	Linn	IA	Local quarries and a creekbed between Linwood and Buffalo			Porifera - Hexagonaria. Mollusk - Hyolithes,Crinoid plates Onychocrinus,Brachiopods,Spinocyrtia,Gypidula,Composita,Merista,Fascifera,Hebertella	IA0158				\|	,
Burlington	Louisa	IA		Mississippian	Waverly (IA)?	Fish-Ctenacanthus	IA0159				\|	,
Burlington	Louisa	IA	In road cut			horn corals	IA0160				\|	,
Burlington	Louisa	IA	N along base of Mississippi River bluff	Devonian	Maple Mill	many fish species plus sponges,crinoid stems,brachiopods,a pelecypod,gastropods,Gomphoceras	IA0161				\|	,
Burlington	Louisa	IA	Rare crinoid crowns in crinoidal	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	crinoids	IA0162				\|	,
Elrick Junction	Louisa	IA	2 km SE in creek bed an banks			Helodus teeth,Chonopectus,Athyris,Chonetes,Edmondia,Spirifer,Paryphorhynchus,Orthothetes,abundant mollusks.	IA0163				\|	,
Long Creek	Louisa	IA	In area Limestone deposits			Orthothetes,Chonopectus,Aviculopecten,Productus,Rhipidomella,Macrodon,Orthoceras,Conularia,Edmondia	IA0164				\|	,
Louisa County	Louisa	IA	In County Quarry in s23t73nr3w Hampton age fossils	Mississippian	North Hill Oolite	Spirifer,Camarophorella,Productus,Leptaena,Reticularia,Bucanopsis	IA0165			s23t73nr3w	\|	,
Morning Sun	Louisa	IA		Mississippian	Keokuk Limestone	Crinoids	IA0166				\|	,
Morning Sun	Louisa	IA	N and E in bluffs and creeks			Spirifer,Productella,Spirifer,Athyris,Zaphrentis,Orthoceras,Helodus,brachiopod casts.	IA0167			s23t73nr3w	\|	,
Morning Sun	Louisa	IA	Rare crinoid crowns in crinoidal	Mississippian Lower	Burlington Limestone	?	IA0168				\|	,
Smith Creek	Louisa	IA		Devonian	Maple Mill	many fish species plus sponges,crinoid stems,brachiopods,a pelecypod,gastropods,Gomphoceras	IA0169				\|	,
Smith Creek	Louisa	IA	W of center of sw1/4s29t73nr2w	Mississippian	Kinderhook	sponges,crinoid stems,Brachiopods,pelecypods,cephalopods,crustacea,fish,worms,bryozoa,corals,plants	IA0170			sw1/4s29t73nr2w	\|	,
St Charles	Madison	IA		Pennsylvanian	Hertha	vertebrates-Petrodus	IA0171				\|	,
St Charles	Madison	IA		Pennsylvanian	Hertha Limestone	Conodonts,Dermal ossicles from Petrodus	IA0172				\|	,
Winteret	Madison	IA	At Devil's Backbone	Pennsylvanian	Hushpuckney Shale	Pelecypod-Euchondria			http://books.google.com/books?id=svVskArvqRAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=abbott+pennsylvanian+fossils&source=web&ots=lOtHaJf56y&sig=NJ5TQEVUMG0nHqmfhmFd1_ZhOUg#PPA113,M1		\|	,
Winterset	Madison	IA				vertebrates-Deltodus,Sandalodus	IA0173				\|	,
Winterset	Madison	IA	8 km W in ravine on N side of Middle River	Pennsylvanian	Cherryvale Shale	typical faunas	IA0174				\|	,
Winterset	Madison	IA	SW in ravine	Pennsylvanian	Bethany Falls Limestone	Myalina,Orthothetes,Chonetes,Composita,crinoid stems	IA0175				\|	,
Winterset	Madison	IA	at Devil's Backbone	Pennsylvanian	Hushpuckney Shale	pelecypods - Streblochondria	IA0176				\|	,
Freeport	Mahaska	IA				Calamites	IA0177				\|	,
Fremont	Mahaska	IA		Mississippian Upper	Pella	trilobites -Griffithides(4)	IA0178	Original says Henry County			\|	,
Fremont	Mahaska	IA	5 km N	Mississippian Upper	Pella	Griffithides	IA0179				\|	,
New Sharon	Mahaska	IA		Devonian		brachiopods-Mucrospirifer,corals,bivalves	IA0180				\|	,
Oskaloosa	Mahaska	IA	E of US63 in abandoned quarry on Skunk River			small blastoids,corals,trilobites	IA0181				\|	,
Harvey	Marion	IA	Mississippian Pella beds	Mississippian	St Louis Limestone	Edrioasteroids Lepidodiscus,	IA0182				\|	,
Harvey	Marion	IA	Pella beds in abandoned quarry	Mississippian	St Louis	?	IA0183				\|	,
Pella	Marion	IA	1 km SW in abandoned quarry in overlying shales	Mississippian Upper	Pella	corals,blastoids,brachiopods,pelecypods,trilobites	IA0184				\|	,
Tracy	Marion	IA	In area quarries in marly members of Pella formations	Mississippian Upper	Pella	typical Pella fossils	IA0185				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA		Mississippian		Blastoids,Crinoids	IA0186				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA	2 km N along Iowa River in massive fossiliferous blue siltstone ledges	Devonian-Mississippian	English River	Brachiopods,pelecypods,pteropods,cephalopods	IA0187				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA	2 km N of IA30 in quarries	Mississippian	Hampton	good,but uncommon crinoids	IA0188				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA	In Mississippian Hampton (Kinderhook) Formation 2 km N in Le Grand quarries. Excellent crinoids but difficult to collect. Museum quality slabs. 41 species found. Apparently these are from specific individual beds uncovered in 1858,1874-1890,1931,1933,	Mississippian	Kinderhook	Cactocrinus,Platycrinites,Rhodocrinites.	IA0189				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA	In area Limestone quarries	Mississippian		crinoids,echinoderms Megistocrinus.	IA0190				\|	,
Le Grand	Marshall	IA	in quarries 2 km N of IA30	Mississippian	Hampton	crinoids	IA0191				\|	,
LeGrand	Marshall	IA		Mississippian	Kinderhook	fish teeth-Helodus	IA0192				\|	,
Marshalltown	Marshall	IA	14.5 km E in quarries described by Meek and Worthen			nests of perfectly preserved crinoids. Worked out by mid 20th Century.	IA0193				\|	,
Stennett	Montgomery	IA	1 km up the ravine in creek bed	Pennsylvanian	Severy Shale	abundant fossils.	IA0194				\|	,
Stennett	Montgomery	IA	near mouth of ravine	Pennsylvanian	Severy Shale	abundant fossils.	IA0195				\|	,
Moscow	Muscatine	IA	Quarry on Cedar River.			Corals -Cystiphyllum,Amplexus,Heterophrentis	IA0196				\|	,
Muscatine	Muscatine	IA				Coelenterates - Eridophyllum,Halysites. Algae - Talonurus[?]	IA0197	No citations for 'Talonurus' 050526			\|	,
Muscatine	Muscatine	IA		Pennsylvanian		Plants Lepidophloios	IA0198				\|	,
Muscatine	Muscatine	IA	In lower part of Mississippi River bluffs	Mississippian	Sweetland Creek	poorly preserved Lingula. gastropods. Fish teeth in hard Green dolomitic shale -Spathiocaris,Selenocaris[?],Ptychodus,Rhynchodus,Synthetodus	IA0199	No citations for 'Selenocaris' 050525			\|	,
Wyoming Hill	Muscatine	IA	8-9.6km E of Muscatine in long RR cut near Hwy 22			plants Lepidophyllum,Lepidodendron,Annularia,Calamostachys,Alethopteris,Trigonocarpus	IA0200				\|	,
Norwich	Page	IA	4 km NE	Pennsylvanian Upper	Tarkio	Phillipsia	IA0201				\|	,
Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	IA	In stream gravels			Petrified Wood	IA0202				\|	,
Graettinger	Palo Alto	IA	In stream gravels			Petrified Wood	IA0203				\|	,
Cherokee	Plymouth	IA	N in gravel pit	Pleistocene		Elephas teeth and bones	IA0204				\|	,
LeMars	Plymouth	IA	NE,in gravel pits	Pleistocene		water worn Elephant,deer,horse,etc. bones,teeth,horns.	IA0205				\|	,
Pierson Creek Valley	Plymouth	IA	in pit to W	Pleistocene		Bison,elephants,horses,gastropods	IA0206				\|	,
Big Sioux River	Plymouth?	IA	fossils take 1-29 north to the junction	Cretaceous	Greenhorn	Fossils	IA0207	The Big Sioux River is the boundary between Iowa and SD. Flows next to several counties. Plymouth Cy is a guess based on ref to I29			\|	,
Gilmore City	Pocahontas	IA		Mississippian	Kinderhook	Crinoids 24 species found. Museum quality specimens	IA0208				\|	,
Gilmore City	Pocahontas	IA	1 km NW in quarry			brachiopods,crinoids,bryozoa	IA0209				\|	,
Gilmore City	Pocahontas	IA	2 km NW in Gilmore Portland Cement Co quarry			corals,brachiopods	IA0210				\|	,
Gilmore City	Pocahontas	IA	Fossiliferous Gray Limestone below. Fossiliferous white Kinderhook Limestone is found on quarry floors 1 km NW	Mississippian	Gilmore City	brachiopods,bryozoa,crinoids,edrioasteroids in rare nests - Cribanocrinus,Rhodocrinites,Eretmocrinus,Aorocrinus,Dichocrinus,Platycrinus,Eutaxocrinus,Lasiocrinus,Goniocrinus,Paracosmetocrinus,Culmicrinus,Hypselocrinus,Gilmocrinus,Linocrinus	IA0211				\|	,
Des Moines	Polk	IA	area exposures of shaley Limestone	Pennsylvanian	Cherokee	trilobites - Griffithides	IA0212				\|	,
Des Moines	Polk	IA	in area exposures	Pennsylvanian	Henrietta	Griffithides	IA0213				\|	,
Grinnell	Poweshiek	IA	E in abandoned quarry	Mississippian		vertebrates,brachiopods	IA0214				\|	,
Buffalo	Scott	IA	Dewey Cement Co Quarry	Devonian	Cedar Valley	Vertebrates-Gamphacanthus	IA0215				\|	,
Buffalo	Scott	IA	E on Hwy22 in quarry	Devonian	Cedar Valley	trilobites,crinoids,blastoids	IA0216				\|	,
Davenport	Scott	IA				brachiopods Gypidula	IA0217				\|	,
Davenport	Scott	IA	in area exposures	Devonian Middle	Davenport, Upper	Proteus	IA0218				\|	,
Butlerville	Tama	IA	In exposures along Iowa River	Devonian-Mississippian	English River	diverse fossils	IA0219				\|	,
Indian Village Township	Tama	IA	S8	Mississippian	Kinderhook	Chonetes,Productus,Rhynchonella,Spirifer,crinoid fragments,fish remains,Orthothetes,Spirifer,Straparollus	IA0220				\|	,
Indian Village Township	Tama	IA	se1/4 s7 in E side of hill -Devils Anvil			Zaphrentis,Chonetes,Productus,Orthothetes,Spirifer,Straparollus	IA0221				\|	,
Bentonsport	Van Buren	IA	in area exposures	Mississippian	Keokuk	typical fossils.	IA0222				\|	,
Ottumwa	Wapello	IA	On Harrows Branch 400 meters upstream from 2nd Street			corals,crinoid stems,bryozoa,brachiopods,pelecypods	IA0223				\|	,
Kalona	Washington	IA		Devonian	Maple Mill	brachiopods Gluteus	IA0224				\|	,
Maple Mill	Washington	IA	2 km W at Wassonville Mill			brachiopods,pelecypods,Dentalium,Bellerophon,gastropods,Orthoceras	IA0225				\|	,
Washington County	Washington	IA	area exposures Brownish,dolomitic Limestones	Devonian	Maple Mill	worm burrows,brachiopods,pelecypods,Scaphopods - Dentalium,Gastropods,Orthoceras,Phillipsia?	IA0226				\|	,
Wellman	Washington	IA	in area exposures of Wassonville Member of Kinderhook Fm in white chert	Mississippian	Kinderhook	Gastropods - 24 species. pelecypods - 9 species. Brachiopods - 35 species. Some specimens apparently with original shell coloring.	IA0227				\|	,
Fort Atkinson	Winneshiek	IA	area Limestone exposures			many fossils,Lindstroemella	IA0228				\|	,
Madison Township	Winneshiek	IA	1 km E of SE1/4 NW1/4 S19	Ordovician	Elgin	Isotelus	IA0229				\|	,
Madison Township	Winneshiek	IA	SE1/4 NW1/4 S19	Ordovician	Maquoketa	Isotelus	IA0230	Unable to confirm a Nordness Formation. It's apparently a shale laying below the Maquoketa formation. The expected sequence in Winneshiek County is Dubuque member of the Galena formation capped by the Elgin member of the Maquoketa			\|	,
Orleans Township	Winneshiek	IA	SE1/4 S17 in road cuts on E,W road in highly fossiliferous Limestone			trilobites,silicified graptolites	IA0231				\|	,
Ossian	Winneshiek	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa	Calymene	IA0232				\|	,
Ossian	Winneshiek	IA	1 km SW in area quarries			Lindstroemella	IA0233				\|	,
Springfield Township	Winneshiek	IA	road cuts along road from N end S23 to N end S24	Ordovician	Maquoketa?	brachiopods -Glyptorthis.	IA0234				\|	,
Sioux City	Woodbury	IA	W part of City in Riverside area	Cretaceous	Dakota	Inoceramus,fish scales,foraminifers. In underlying Sandstone - fish teeth and spines,Pelecypod casts,Turritella,Margarita,Cardium,Corbicula,Cyrene[?],Mactra,Protocardia,Trigonarca,leaf fragments,cones.	IA0235	Cyrene is probably a misspelling of Cyrena synonym for Corbicula			\|	,
-	[?]	IA	Area exposures in East Iowa/West Illinois	Mississippian	Burlington Limestone	Marine vertebrates-Cladodus,Ctenacanthus,Deltodus,Physonemus	IA0237				\|	,
Patterson Springs	[?]	IA		Ordovician	Maquoketa\|Brainard	trilobites - Calymene	IA0236				\|	,

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