US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for RHODE ISLAND

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
BristolBristolRImarine fossilsRI0001|,
BristolBristolRICarboniferousNarragansettAnnularia (Commercial)RI0002|,
JamestownNewportRIOn E side of Conanicut Island in lower two members ofCambrian MiddleJamestownTrilobite fragments in phyllitic rocks -- Paradoxides,BadulesiaRI0003|,
NewportNewportRIAt end of Cory's Lane in shales below high tide linePennsylvanianPlant fossilsRI0004|,
NewportNewportRIIn outcrops of distorted shale near Pirate CaveCambrian LowerPirate CavehyolithidsRI0005|,
Newport BasinNewportRICambrian LowerfossilsRI0006|,
PortsmouthNewportRICarboniferousNarragansettAlethopteris,Pecopteris (Commercial)RI0007|,
PortsmouthNewportRIPennsylvanianferns,cattails,etcRI0008|,
PortsmouthNewportRIAlong shore at the end of Corey's Lane in shalePennsylvanianmore than a dozen taxa of plantsRI0009|,
PortsmouthNewportRIin low shale cliffsfossilsRI0010|,
Narragansett basinNewport?RIArea exposures around Narragansett BayPennsylvanianplants,a few insectsRI0011|,
College HillProvidenceRICarboniferousNarragansettMany plants collected during tunnel construction in 1914RI0012|,
PawtucketProvidenceRICarboniferousNarragansettNeuropteroids,Anthracomartus,ProtophasmidsRI0013|,
Valley FallsProvidenceRIIn coal shales E to Sockanosset and S of SockanossetCarboniferousNarragansett?RI0014|,
Block IslandWashingtonRITertiary fossils in sea cliffs.?RI0015|,
Block IslandWashingtonRIlimited outcrop of Raritan formationCretaceousRaritanplants-amberRI0016|,
Mohegan BluffsWashingtonRIRaritan Clays,possibly fossiliferous on Block Island.CretaceousPotomac?RI0017|,
Narragansett PierWashington?RIin inclusions of metasediments in Narragansett Pier GranitePennsylvanianPlants-AnnulariaRI0018|,
Diamond Pt[?][?]RImarine fossilsRI0019Diamond Point appears to be a town in Warren County NY|,

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