US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for NORTH DAKOTA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
AndrewsBillingsNDIn divide in SW1/4s9t140r103CretaceousVertebrates - fish,turtles,Champsosaurs.ND0001CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permissionSW1/4s9t140r103|,
Bacon CreekBillingsNDnear mouth of creekCretaceousplants,shells,saurian bones - Triceratops,other dinosaursND0002|,
MedoraBillingsND3.5 km SWCretaceousfossil plantsND0003|,
MedoraBillingsNDAt Wannagan CreekPaleocenecrocodiles,about 100 species of fossilsND0004|,
Sand Creek P.O.BillingsNDat White ButteOligoceneWhite Riverfish - Plioplarchus; vertebrates - Eporeodon,rhinoceros,crocodilesND0005CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
BowmanBowmanNDarea exposuresCretaceousdinosaursND0006|,
RhameBowmanNDCretaceousHell Creekvertebrates-Triceratops,plantsND0007CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permissionhttps://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs/digs.asp|,
-Bowman,BillingsNDCretaceousPlants - Taxodium,Populus,Platanus,Juglans,Hicoria,Sapindus,Viburnum,Trapa,Cocculus.ND0008Can't find any citation for a 'Somber' formation|,
MoffitBurleighND11 km W and 2 km S Just S of crest of hill in bypassed road cutPaleoceneCannonballDecapods,RaninaND0009|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km SDecapodsND0010|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km S 10 km W in old road cut on crest of hillPaleoceneCrabs,Ranina[?]ND0011|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km S in sand blowout on W side of road NE1/4S28t127Nr77wPaleoceneCrabsND0012NE1/4S28t127Nr77w|,
MoffitBurleighNDSand Blow outs 9 km W,2 km S on W side of the roadPaleoceneCannonballDecapods,CamarocarcinusND0013|,
Beaver CreekEmmonsNDalong Beaver Creek for 11 km in sand concretionsCretaceousPierreAcanthoscaphites,Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphenodiscus,SphaeriolaND0014|,
Beaver CreekEmmonsNDat bridge 5 km up Sand Creek in sand concretionsCretaceousPierreAcanthoscaphites,Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphenodiscus,SphaeriolaND0015|,
LintonEmmonsND2 km SW at Seeman Park in cutback on Beaver Creekbivalves,ammonites,gastropodsND0016|,
LintonEmmonsND6.5 km N in channel scourCretaceousHell Creekreptile bone fragmentsND0017|,
LintonEmmonsNDIn North facing cutbank on Beaver Creek in Seeman Park 2 km S in Cretaceous Fox Hills Sandstonebivalves,ammonites,gastropods,Decapods,echinoids.ND0018|,
-Golden Valley,SlopeNDIn dark clay bands in fresh water bedsPaleoceneCannonballoysters turtles,Champsosaurs,ganoid fish fragments,plantsND0019|,
CooperstownGriggsNDSE in 2km area along Sheyenne River http://www.state.nd.us/ndfossils/Research/Articles/Cooperstown/Cooperstown_Pierre_Shale.htmlCretaceousPierreMarine vertebrates -- Mosasaurs,sharks,fish,diverse invertebratesND0020CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
BurnsteadLoganNDIn area road cutsbivalves,gastropods,ammonites.ND0021|,
BurnsteadLoganNDin area road cutsCretaceous?ND0022|,
AlexanderMcKenzieNDAt Titanoides sitePaleoceneFort Unionvertebrates-reptiles-ChampsosaurusND0023CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
RiverdaleMcLeanNDat Lake Sakakwea. Several outcrops accessible only at times of very low waterPaleocene UpperSentinel ButteTitanoides,26 taxa of non-marine mollusks;Vivaparus,Grangerella,Planaconvexa[?],mammal teethND0024There doesn't seem to be a genus 'Planoconvexa'. It is possibly 'Planorbis planoconvexus'.|,
AlmontMortonNDIn shale in mounds on area farmsPaleoceneSentinel ButteWell preserved plant (conifer) fossilsND0048|,
BreienMortonNDIn SE1/4S17T134NR81W at base of cliffPaleoceneCannonballHalymenitesND0026SE1/4S17T134NR81W|,
BreienMortonNDalong base of bluffs is Se1/4s17t134Nr81wHalymenitesND0027Se1/4s17t134Nr81w|,
Cannonball RiverMortonNDIn SE1/4S21T134NR80WPaleoceneCannonballMollusks Anomia,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina,Fasciolaria,Polynices,Halymenites,gastropods,bone fragments crocodile teethND0028'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'SE1/4S21T134NR80W|,
Cannonball RiverMortonNDIn se1/4s21t134nr80w along river in coquina bed and concretionsAnomia,pelecypods,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina,Fasciolaria,Polynices,Halymenites,gastropods,bone fragments,crocodile teethND0029'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'se1/4s21t134nr80w|,
JudsonMortonNDSlopePaleocene UpperBullion Creeknon-marine mollusksND0030|,
Schaller[?]MortonNDAbandoned P.O. -- in area outcropsCretaceouspelecypods and other fossils.ND0031Unable to locate Schaller 050606.|,
Fort BertholdMountrailNDon Missouri RiverPaleocene UpperSentinel Buttenon-marine mollusks.ND0032|,
New TownMountrailNDBison LatifronsND0033|,
WalhallaPembinaND11 km W in Pembina GorgeCretaceousPierrefossilsND0034|,
Fort YatesSiouxNDCretaceousFox HillsAmmonites-HoploscaphitesND0035|,
Niobrara River headwatersSiouxNDIn badlandsMioceneHarrisonfossil Daemonelix burrowsND0036|,
Chalky ButtesSlopeNDIn a blowout on top of butteOligoceneKilldeeramphibians-AnuraND0037|,
MarmarthSlopeND24 km NNE 1 km E of Little Missouri Riverforams,corals,bryozoa,mollusks,ostracods,DecapodsND0038|,
MarmarthSlopeND27 km NNE in SW facing exposure 1 km W of Little Missouri RiverPaleoceneCannonball?ND0039|,
MarmarthSlopeNDArea badlandsCretaceousvertebratesND0040CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
DickinsonStarkND21km S and 13km W in channel sandstones at Fitterer Ranch SE 1/4 s7t137NR97WOligoceneBruleturtles-StylemysND0041s7t137NR97W|,
DickinsonStarkND22 km SW in area badlands exposuresOligoceneWhite RiverIctops,Palaeolagus,Merycoidodon,Leptomeryx,Mesohippus,Hyracodon,Aceratherium.ND0042|,
South HeartStarkND11.2km SOligoceneBruleSquamata-PeltosaurusND0043|,
South HeartStarkND11km SOligoceneBrulemammals-Hyaenodon,Ischyromys,Leptictis,Merycoidodon,Mesohippus,Miniochoerus,PalaeolagusND0044|,
White ButteStarkNDEoceneGolden Valley (ND)vertebrates-Parectypodus,PhenacolemurND0045CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
-[?]NDRegional exposures in W part of statePaleoceneFort UnionFossil PlantsND0047|,
South Central ND[?]NDIn Cretaceous outcrops in Sioux,Morton,Emmons Counties.CretaceousScaphites,bivalves,annelids,arthropods,fish,crocodiles,turtles,trace fossils,cirripedes,LingulaND0046|,
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