US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for MINNESOTA

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference
-	Brown	MN	in clay pits from Springfield to New Ulm	Cretaceous		shark teeth,30 species of plants,cephalopods,gastropods,pelecypods	MN0001		\|	,
Franconia	Chisago	MN	along Lawrence Creek	Cambrian		abundant Dicellomus	MN0002		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN				Trace Fossils Skolithos	MN0003		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN		Cambrian	Franconia	trilobites Conaspis,Wilbernia,Taenicephalus,Parabolinoides,Brachiopod Eoorthis	MN0004		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN		Cambrian Upper		Trilobites Plethopeltis	MN0005		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN		Cambrian Upper	Franconia	trilobites	MN0006		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN	2 km S along Pine Pt Trail in road cuts on US8			many trilobite species	MN0007		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN	Along Pine Point Trail 2 km S	Cambrian Upper	Franconia	trilobites Conaspis,Wilbernia,Taenicephalus,Parabolinoides. Brachiopod Eoorthis	MN0008		\|	,
Taylor's Falls	Chisago	MN	Road cut on US8 2 km S	Cambrian Upper	Franconia	trilobites Conaspis,Wilbernia,Taenicephalus,Parabolinoides. Brachiopod Eoorthis	MN0009		\|	,
Burnsville	Dakota	MN	in area shale and Limestone outcrops in Minnesota River Valley	Ordovician		crinoids,brachiopods	MN0010		\|	,
Eagan	Dakota	MN	N in Mississippi River bluffs	Ordovician		fossils	MN0011		\|	,
South St Paul	Dakota	MN	at end of Street car line across River from Highland Park and across River	Ordovician	St Peter	abundant fossils Ctenodonta,Cyrtodonta,Modiolopsis,Holopea,Ophileta,Platyceras,Pleurotomaria,Orthoceras	MN0012		\|	,
Chatfield	Fillmore	MN	3 km NE of Spring Valley	Ordovician-Silurian Lower	Trenton	bryozoa-Crepipora;Brachiopods-Lingula; trilobites	MN0013		\|	,
Forestville	Fillmore	MN	area quarries	Ordovician	Galena	Receptaculites,Strophomena,Graptolites,Orthis,Orthonota,Orthis	MN0014		\|	,
Fountain	Fillmore	MN	11 km along US52			Cryptozoon	MN0015		\|	,
Fountain	Fillmore	MN	area outcrops	Ordovician	Trenton	corals,bryozoa,mollusks,cephalopods - Orthis,Leptaena,Strophomena,Chaetetes,crinoid fragments	MN0016		\|	,
Granger	Fillmore	MN	3.5 km W in river bluffs	Silurian?	Galena	bryozoa,brachiopods,trilobites,cephalopods	MN0017		\|	,
Granger	Fillmore	MN	area exposures	Ordovician	Galena	bryozoa,brachiopods,trilobites,cephalopods	MN0018		\|	,
Lime City	Fillmore	MN		Ordovician	Galena	Murchisonia,Maclurea,Strophomena,Endoceras,corals to 9 IN,in diameter	MN0019		\|	,
Mantorville	Fillmore	MN	In area quarries	Ordovician	Galena	Schizotreta	MN0020		\|	,
Spring Valley	Fillmore	MN	3.5 km E in limestone quarry	Ordovician	Galena	Lingula,Orthis,Lynx,Strophomena,Leptaena,Chaetetes,crinoid fragments	MN0021		\|	,
Spring Valley	Fillmore	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0022		\|	,
Spring Valley	Fillmore	MN	area exposures	Silurian Lower	Hudson River	Homotrypella	MN0023		\|	,
Wykoff	Fillmore	MN	area Limestone exposures			Ambonychia,trilobites,Orthoceras	MN0024		\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN				Brachiopods Rhynchotrema	MN0025		\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	10 km S	Ordovician	Galena	bryozoa-Diplotrypa; Sponges-Orbitolites,Selenoides,Receptaculites; Ischadites,Raufella[?],Cylindrocoelia,coral-Lichenaria,Streptelasma	MN0026	No citations for 'Raufella' 050604	\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	10 km S on US52 in Wagner Quarry in	Ordovician	Dunleith	Brachiopods,bryozoa,Belemnocystids,Scalenocystis[?]	MN0027	No citations for 'Scalenocystis' 050604. Apparently the Dunleith member of the Galena Formation contains a number of echinoderm genera	\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	21 km S in buff shales	Ordovician	Galena	bryozoa-Diplotrypa,Sponges-Orbitolites,Selenoides,Receptaculites,Ischadites,Raufella,Cylindrocoelia,coral-Lichenaria,Streptelasma	MN0028		\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	5 km S in shales	Ordovician	Trenton	coral-Aulopora,bryozoa,mollusks,trilobites,cephalopods	MN0029		\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0030		\|	,
Cannon Falls	Goodhue	MN	US52 3-5 km S in gray green shales below Platteville Limestone in roadcuts and ditches	Ordovician	Decorah	sponges,corals,brachiopods. A few trilobites	MN0031		\|	,
Hader	Goodhue	MN	area exposures	Ordovician	Galena	Diplotrypa,Mesotrypa?,Plectambonites,Pleurocystites,Fusispira,Lingula,trilobites,brachiopods	MN0032		\|	,
Oxford Mills	Goodhue	MN	In area shale exposures	Ordovician	Trenton	bryozoa - Phylloporina,Lingula,brachiopods,trilobites,cephalopods	MN0033		\|	,
Red Wing	Goodhue	MN	Fossiliferous Cambrian Sandstones			?	MN0034		\|	,
Minneapolis	Hennepin	MN	In RR cut near State University	Silurian Lower		Bryozoa - Arthroclema,Brachiopods - Lingula	MN0035		\|	,
Minneapolis	Hennepin	MN	In area exposures	Ordovician	Trenton	sponges - Raufella,coral - Lichenaria,bryozoa - Vinella,Stromatopora	MN0036		\|	,
Minneapolis-St Paul	Hennepin	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0037		\|	,
St Anthony Falls	Hennepin	MN				Gastropod Trochonema	MN0038		\|	,
St Anthony Falls	Hennepin	MN	3 km below in shales in quarry	Ordovician	Trenton	bryozoa,brachiopods,cephalopods,trilobites,corals - Strophomena,Orthis,Murchisonia,Leperditia,Cypricardites,Bucania	MN0039		\|	,
Reno	Houston	MN	2 km N at Hell Hollow			trilobites Dikelocephalus,Prosaukia,Conaspis,Ptychaspis	MN0040		\|	,
Reno	Houston	MN	in Sandstone bluff along Hwy26	Cambrian	Franconia	brachiopods,trilobite fragments	MN0041		\|	,
Spring Grove	Houston	MN	In area Limestone outcrops	Silurian Lower		brachiopods,cephalopods.	MN0042		\|	,
Calumet	Itasca	MN	At Hill-Annex mine - Abundant fossils	Cretaceous	Colorado	mollusks,arthropods,shark teeth,Icthyosaurus,Plesiosaurus,conifer needles,wood,Teredolites	MN0043		\|	,
Grand Rapids	Itasca	MN	5 km S			Abundant Exogyra preserved as limonite casts	MN0044		\|	,
Itasca	Itasca	MN	In SE part of county in abandoned iron mine			occasional large shark(?) teeth,Exogyra,Anchura,corals,seeds,leaf impressions	MN0045		\|	,
Kasota	Le Sueur	MN	In quarries along Minnesota River	Ordovician	Kasota	Ophileta,Dirhachopea,Pelagiella,pelecypods,Ctenodontidae	MN0046		\|	,
Chatfield	Olmsted	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0047		\|	,
Chatfield	Olmsted	MN	N in Sec 35 in area outcrops of shale and Limestone	Ordovician	Trenton	abundant brachiopods,small gastropods,coral - Chaetetes,trilobites,crinoid steps.	MN0048		\|	,
Rochester	Olmsted	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0049		\|	,
Rochester	Olmsted	MN	In quarries,cuts,etc	Ordovician	Trenton Shale	Strophomena	MN0050		\|	,
Stewartville	Olmsted	MN	on N bank of River 1 km N above dam	Ordovician	Stewartville	Hormotoma,Maclurina,Westonoceras	MN0051		\|	,
Pipestone	Pipestone	MN	Pipestone National Monument. Quarries in metamorphosed red claystone in Sioux Quartzite. The material was used by Indians to make peace pipes. Although the Formation is reported to be pre-Cambrian,Trilobites have been reported.			?	MN0052		\|	,
Pipestone National Monument	Pipestone	MN	In red catlinite debris			occasional small trilobites - Lingula,Paradoxides	MN0053		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN				brachiopods Rhynchotrema,Bryozoa Rhinidictya	MN0054		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	Across River at the Brickyards	Ordovician	Decorah	sponges,corals,brachiopods. A few trilobites	MN0055		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	At Ford Co plant	Ordovician Middle	Decorah	Rhinidictya	MN0056		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	At St Anthony Hill	Ordovician	Trenton Shale	bryozoa,Clitambonites,trilobites	MN0057		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	In area exposures	Ordovician	Trenton	sponges - Raufella,coral - Lichenaria,bryozoa - Vinella,Stromatopora	MN0058		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	In area road cuts	Ordovician	Galena	Sponges - Raufella. Receptaculites,corals - Streptelasma,Aulopora,Lichenaria,Tetradium,Bryozoa - Batostoma,Homotrypa,Prasopora,Rhinidictya,Stictoporella,brachiopods - Dalmanella,Rafinesquina,Lingula,Pionodema; Pelecypods - Ctenodonta	MN0059		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	In quarry of Twin City Brick Co on bluff below Cherokee Park in shale	Ordovician	Galena	Sponges - Raufella. Receptaculites,corals - Streptelasma,Aulopora,Lichenaria,Tetradium,Bryozoa - Batostoma,Homotrypa,Prasopora,Rhinidictya,Stictoporella,brachiopods - Dalmanella,Rafinesquina,Lingula,Pionodema; Pelecypods - Ctenodonta	MN0060		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	area exposures	Ordovician	Decorah	sponges,corals,brachiopods. A few trilobites	MN0061		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	at Ford Motor Co Plant at Dam No 1	Ordovician	Galena	typical fauna	MN0062		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	at Ford plant.	Ordovician	Decorah	Edrioasteroids Foerstediscus.	MN0063		\|	,
St Paul	Ramsey	MN	near Mendota	Ordovician	Galena	Sponges - Raufella. Receptaculites,corals - Streptelasma,Aulopora,Lichenaria,Tetradium,Bryozoa - Batostoma,Homotrypa,Prasopora,Rhinidictya,Stictoporella,brachiopods - Dalmanella,Rafinesquina,Lingula,Pionodema; Pelecypods - Ctenodonta	MN0064		\|	,
Hawk Creek Township	Renville	MN	In E bank of Hawk Creek in se1/4 s8n 40 meters from the highway bridge in glacial drift			Sphaerium,Valvata,Amnicola,Gyraulus,Goniobasis	MN0065		\|	,
Biwabwik	St Louis	MN	2 km N at Mary Ellen Mine	Precambrian	Soudan	Silicified stromatolites - polishable	MN0066		\|	,
Biwabwik	St Louis	MN	3 km W at Corsica Mine	Precambrian	Soudan	Silicified stromatolites - polishable	MN0067		\|	,
Wabasha	Wabasha	MN	Fossiliferous Cambrian Sandstones			?	MN0068		\|	,
Wang	Wabasha	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0069		\|	,
Stillwater	Washington	MN				Trilobites Dikelocephalus	MN0070		\|	,
Dresbach	Winona	MN		Cambrian Upper	Eau Claire	Trilobites Acheilus	MN0071	Original listing says WI	\|	,
Dresbach	Winona	MN	Mineral Bluff and Dakota in shales			abundant Crepicephalus,Obolus,Lingulepsis	MN0072		\|	,
Dresbach	Winona	MN	N in excavations in gray Sandstone below level of Mississippi River			Trilobite fragments,Lingula,cephalopods	MN0073		\|	,
Fremont	Winona	MN	In Sec 6 in shale	Ordovician	Trenton	brachiopods,trilobites	MN0074		\|	,
Minnesota City	Winona	MN	In alluvial deposits	Pleistocene		Mastodon	MN0075		\|	,
St Charles	Winona	MN	S in high bluffs	Silurian Lower	Trenton	bryozoa,brachiopods,cephalopods,trilobites	MN0076		\|	,
Winona	Winona	MN				brachiopods Linguella	MN0077		\|	,
Winona	Winona	MN		Cambrian Upper	Eau Claire	trilobites -Acheilus	MN0078	Original says Winona,WI	\|	,
Winona	Winona	MN	1 km above foot of Observatory Bluff at base of bluffs	Silurian Lower	St Croix	Lingula	MN0079		\|	,
Fountain	[?]	MN		Ordovician Middle	Decorah Shale	brachiopods Pionodema	MN0080		\|	,
Fountain	[?]	MN	Decorah Shale - Greenish gray clayey fossiliferous Ordovician shales	Ordovician	Decorah	?	MN0081		\|	,
Union Township	[?]	MN	Sec 19	Silurian Lower	Shakopee	Plioceras[?}	MN0082	Plioceras might be a legitimate genus of annelid worms	\|	,

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