US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for TENNESSEE

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
-	-	TN	Along the Mississippi River from Cairo,IL to Baton Rouge,LA in loess (wind blown silt) deposits ranging from 9 to 23 meters in thickness and 50 to 100km in width (thicker in North and better developed on E side of river)	Pleistocene		terrestrial and occasional lacustrian gastropods. A few bivalves	TN0001			\|	,
Oliver Springs	Anderson	TN	NW nearby	Pennsylvanian	Crab Orchard Mountains Sandstone	brachiopods; gastropods; trilobites	TN0002			\|	,
-	Bedford	TN	In Mississippian Oolitic Limestones	Mississippian		blastoids	TN0004			\|	,
Shelbyville	Bedford	TN	7 km SE	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Tetradium,Cyrtodonta,Lichenaria,Rhinidictya,other bryozoa,Leperditia,gastropods; pelecypods	TN0003			\|	,
-	Benton	TN	area exposures in South of county and E of Tennessee River			Good fossil collecting	TN0008			\|	,
Big Sandy Creek	Benton	TN	in area exposures in valley of lower part of creek	Devonian		good fossils	TN0005			\|	,
Camden	Benton	TN	Cypress Creek Crest 3.2km SE			Gastropods - Bucanella	TN0006			\|	,
Holladay	Benton	TN	7.2km N at Will Love property in several locations	Silurian?	Birdsong	diverse ostracods,other macrofossils	TN0007			\|	,
Friendsville	Blount	TN				brachiopods	TN0009			\|	,
Maryville	Blount	TN		Cambrian Upper		Trilobites Kingstonia	TN0010			\|	,
Jellico	Campbell	TN		Pennsylvanian	Pennington	bones,scales,shark teeth	TN0011			\|	,
Jellico	Campbell	TN	in road cuts on I75 for 20km SW to Jacksboro Fault line in Sandstone. 'Pipeorgan structures' on SE side near the Jacksboro Fault	Pennsylvanian	Lee	Plants-leaves,stems,bark;Pipeorgan structures			http://donchesnut.com/curriculumvitae/pages/1991g.pdf	\|	,
Peabody	Campbell	TN	In shales	Pennsylvanian		marine invertebrates	TN0012			\|	,
Woodbury	Cannon	TN	2 km S	Ordovician	Hermitage Limestone	abundant faunas	TN0013			\|	,
Woodbury	Cannon	TN	just S	Ordovician	Lebanon	Lowville Limestone -- abundant faunas	TN0014			\|	,
Hollow Rock	Carroll	TN	2 km S in clay mine on Hollow Rock Rd	Paleocene?	Blairmore (tn)	Abundant Cretaceous Upper plants	TN0015			\|	,
Hollow Rock	Carroll	TN	in clay pit 3 km S on Hollow Rock-Buena Vista Road.	Cretaceous-Paleocene		flora and fish.	TN0016			\|	,
Tullahoma	Coffee	TN	8 km N on Normandy Road	Mississippian	Warsaw	Spirifer,Rhipidomella,bryozoa	TN0017			\|	,
Tullahoma	Coffee	TN	8 km N on Normandy Road	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	ostracods,Hebertella,Rafinesquina,Orthorhynchula,Constellaria,bryozoa,pelecypods,gastropods - Lophospira	TN0018			\|	,
Crab Orchard Cove	Cumberland	TN	in shales associated with Nemo Coal	Pennsylvanian	Rockcastle conglomerate	marine fossils	TN0019			\|	,
Fort Negley	Davidson	TN	at St Cloud Hill	Ordovician	Bigby Limestone	Platystrophia. Orthorhynchula. bryozoa,Cyclonema,Tetradium,Constellaria,Drepanella,Saffordella,Isochilina,Homotrypa	TN0020			\|	,
Nashville	Davidson	TN	I40 W of US251 exit	Ordovician	Catheys	brachiopods,bryozoa,cephalopods,colonial corals.	TN0021			\|	,
Nashville	Davidson	TN	I40 W side of exit 201	Ordovician	Leipers	brachiopods,bryozoa	TN0022			\|	,
Nashville	Davidson	TN	I40 at Milepost 193	Silurian	Waldron	brachiopods,crinoids (calyxes and stems)	TN0023			\|	,
Nashville	Davidson	TN	in area RR cuts	Ordovician	Bigby Limestone	Platystrophia. Orthorhynchula. bryozoa,Cyclonema,Tetradium,Constellaria,Drepanella,Saffordella,Isochilina,Homotrypa	TN0024			\|	,
Pegram	Davidson	TN	In outcrops on I40.	Silurian	Waldron Shale	Brachiopods,corals,cephalopods,trilobites.	TN0025			\|	,
Pegram	Davidson	TN	in exposures along I40	Silurian	Waldron	invertebrates	TN0026			\|	,
White Creek Springs	Davidson	TN		Mississippian		crinoids - Agaricocrinus,Dorrycrinus,Lobocrinus	TN0027			\|	,
Dowelltown	DeKalb	TN	6 km E on TN26 in	Mississippian Lower	Maury Shale	Fish fragments and teeth -- Synthetodus	TN0028			\|	,
Liberty	DeKalb	TN	Snow's Hill	Ordovician	Catheys	Cannon limestones -- typical faunas	TN0029			\|	,
-	Decatur	TN		Silurian	Brownsport	Blastoids Troosticrinus	TN0042			\|	,
-	Decatur	TN	area exposures in North of county N of Perryville and E of Tennessee River			Good fossil collecting	TN0043			\|	,
Jeannette	Decatur	TN	4km NE in glades on Allen Conrad property	Silurian?	Birdsong	diverse ostracods,other macrofossils	TN0030			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	4km NE in roadside exposures in glade of weathered shale	Silurian?	Birdsong	diverse ostracods,other macrofossils	TN0031			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	5 km N on hwy 69 in quarry	Cretaceous		fossils	TN0032	Original says Parson		\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	6 km N,about 20 km S of I40, on TN69 in Vulcan Materials CO Quarry	Devonian	Ross	Isorthis,Levenea,Leptostrophia,Gypidula,Hallopora,Monotrypa,Dalmanites,Phacops	TN0033			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	6 km N,about 20 km S of I40, on TN69 in Vulcan Materials CO Quarry	Silurian	Brownsport	Brachiopods and Bryozoa. A few trilobites	TN0034			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	6 km N,about 20 km S of I40, on TN69 in Vulcan Materials CO Quarry	Silurian	Decatur	Astraeospongia,Favosites,--Halysites,Atrypa,Rhipidomella,Stropheodonta,Cypricardinia	TN0035			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	North of Parsons in roadcut in shaley layers in thin bedded limestone	Devonian	Birdsong	Abundant loose fossils	TN0036			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	South of Parsons in roadcuts and Gullies	Silurian Upper	Bob\|Lobelville\|Decatur	Trilobites,abundant brachiopods and corals	TN0037			\|	,
Parsons	Decatur	TN	South of Parsons in sparsely vegetated 'glade' exposures	Silurian	Beech River	Sponges,trilobites,well preserved crinoids	TN0038			\|	,
Perryville	Decatur	TN	2 km S on Perryville-Decaturville Rd	Silurian	Brownsport	Brachiopods and Bryozoa. A few trilobites	TN0039			\|	,
Perryville	Decatur	TN	N in weathered shale under W end of state Highway bridge over Tennessee River	Silurian?	Birdsong	diverse ostracods,other macrofossils	TN0040			\|	,
Perryville	Decatur	TN	area exposures			fossil sponges	TN0041			\|	,
Hanging Limb	Fentress	TN	In Norrod Hollow in ironstone concretions	Pennsylvanian	Fentress	marine fossils	TN0044			\|	,
Nashville	Gibson	TN				Coral,Heliolites	TN0045			\|	,
Nashville	Gibson	TN		Ordovician Upper	Leipers Limestone	brachiopods Hebertella	TN0046			\|	,
Trenton (near Nashville)	Gibson	TN				Gastropods - Tropidodiscus	TN0047			\|	,
Bunker Hill	Giles	TN	In Jackson beds gastropods			Haminea (Bulla)	TN0048			\|	,
DeRay	Giles	TN	in limestones at Clear Creek	Ordovician		typical faunas	TN0049			\|	,
Lester	Giles	TN	3 km SE along hill on Aspen Hill-Prospect road in limestones	Ordovician		Constellaria,bryozoa,Stromatocerium,Lophospira,Skolithus,Dalmanella	TN0050			\|	,
Pulaski	Giles	TN	to N in limestones	Ordovician	Leipers	Catheys -- typical faunas	TN0051			\|	,
Cherokee Reservoir	Grainger?	TN	In Road cuts on E bank of the Three Springs Embankment in	Cambrian Upper		Aphelaspis,Paraphlepsius,Pseudagnostus,Dytremacephalus	TN0052			\|	,
Eidson	Hawkins	TN	3 km S on Hwy 70	Devonian Middle	Chattanooga Shale	fish plates,invertebrates	TN0053			\|	,
Eidson	Hawkins	TN	4 km S	Devonian	Chattanooga Shale	ganoid fish teeth,invertebrates	TN0054			\|	,
Greyson Springs[?]	Hawkins	TN		Mississippian	Chester	fish teeth-Cladodus	TN0055	Can't identify a Greyson,Grayson,Greyson springs,etc in Tennessee		\|	,
Rogersville	Hawkins	TN	in formations along Big Creek S of US11W.	Cambrian Upper	Nolichucky\|Maryville	Trilobites - Aphelaspis,Pseudagnostus,Dytremacephalus,Blountia,Coosia,Maryvillia,Tricrepicephalus,Maryville: Coosella,Modocia,Norwoodia,Genevievella	TN0056			\|	,
Antioch Church	Henry	TN	2.6km E at bridge over Big Sandy River 10.4km from mouth of creek in weathered shale	Silurian?	Birdsong	diverse ostracods,other macrofossils	TN0057			\|	,
Totty's Bend	Hickman	TN	3 km N on Morgan Branch of Duck River in shales	Mississippian		fish remains,Cycloras[?]	TN0058	No citations for Cycloras 050618		\|	,
Knoxville	Knox	TN	at East Tennessee Lead-Zinc Mine	Cambrian Lower		Olenellus fauna	TN0059			\|	,
Fayetteville	Lincoln	TN	in area exposures	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Saccospongia,Hebertella,Rafinesquina,Rhynchotrema,Leperditia,Hormotoma,Oxydiscus,Tetradium,Skolithus	TN0060			\|	,
-	Marion,Sequatchie	TN		Ordovician	Sequatchie\|Catheys\|Cannon\|Lowville	abundant fossils	TN0061			\|	,
-	Marion,Sequatchie	TN		Ordovician	Sequatchie\|Catheys\|Cannon\|Lowville	abundant fossils	TN0062			\|	,
-	Marion,Sequatchie	TN		Silurian	Brassfield Limestone	Lindstroemella,Orthis	TN0063			\|	,
Belfast	Marshall	TN	2 to 6 km S along old road to Petersburg	Ordovician		bryozoa - Endotrypa[?],Constellaria,Hormotoma,Tetradium,Stromatocerium,Cyrtodonta,gastropods	TN0064	No plausible citations for a bryozoan Endotrypa 061129. A Typo?		\|	,
Columbia	Maury	TN	13 km E along Bear Creek Pike on W side of Loftin Hill	Ordovician	Catheys\|Leipers	Rafinesquina,Platystrophia,Cyphotrypa,Escharapora,Cyclonema,Lophospira,Orthorhynchula,Tetradium,Stromatocerium,Heterotrypa,Solenopora	TN0065			\|	,
Columbia	Maury	TN	Outcrops at West Seventh and Armstrong St to top of Reservoir Hill (Mt Parnassus)	Ordovician	Catheys\|Leipers	Rafinesquina,Platystrophia,Cyphotrypa,Escharapora,Cyclonema,Lophospira,Orthorhynchula,Tetradium,Stromatocerium,Heterotrypa,Solenopora	TN0066			\|	,
Darks Mill	Maury	TN	1 km N on W side Carter Creek Rd in phosphate pit	Pleistocene		good vertebrates	TN0067			\|	,
Darks Mill	Maury	TN	On W side of Carter Creek Road in a phosphate pit			Chelonia (Turtle),Mammuthus,Megalonyx	TN0068			\|	,
-	McNairy	TN	area outcrops	Cretaceous Upper		Exogyra,Gryphaea	TN0074			\|	,
Buys	McNairy	TN	1 km W			abundant forams	TN0069			\|	,
Coon Creek	McNairy	TN				mollusks,Scabrotrigonia	TN0070			\|	,
Coon Creek	McNairy	TN				pelecypod Anomia,Glycymeris	TN0071			\|	,
Coon Creek	McNairy	TN	On Dave Weeks property 7 km S of Enville, 14 Km N of Adamsville.	Cretaceous		invertebrates,vertebrates -- Ischyrhiza,Anomoedus,Saurodon,Enchodus,Toxochelys (turtle),mosasaurs - Mosasaurus,Prognathodon,Plioplatecarpus	TN0072			\|	,
Enville	McNairy	TN	6 km S On Weeks property			fish,reptiles	TN0073			\|	,
-	McNairy,Chester	TN	in 'The Old Dave Weeks Place' Off TN224 6 km S of Enville	Cretaceous	Ripley	Mollusks Anomalofusus,Natica	TN0075			\|	,
-	Meigs,Hardin	TN	in area exposures in valleys of Hardin,Decatur,Humphrey's creeks	Devonian		good fossils	TN0098	Two Hardin Creeks in state		\|	,
Coalfield	Morgan	TN	E on TN62 in shales	Pennsylvanian		marine fossils	TN0077			\|	,
Gilmore Bridge	Perry	TN	On TN13 1 km N of bridge over Marrs Branch Creek	Silurian	Brownsport	Brachiopods and Bryozoa. A few trilobites	TN0078			\|	,
-	Rutherford	TN	area Limestone outcrops	Ordovician	Lowville	Lebanon -- Tetradium,Streptelasma,Columnaria,Salterella,Stromatocerium. gastropods	TN0080			\|	,
-	Rutherford	TN	in bed of Overall Creek near Manson Pike Bridge			ammonites	TN0081			\|	,
Allisona	Rutherford	TN	in Limestone in RR Cuts leading to top of hill	Ordovician		Columnaria,Hebertella,Peronopora,Platystrophia,Constellaria,Lophospira. Heterotrypa,brachiopods,gastropods	TN0079			\|	,
Carthage	Smith	TN	7 km S at Monroeville P.O. in Limestones	Ordovician	Hermitage	abundant faunas	TN0082			\|	,
Hartsville	Trousdale	TN	in area exposures	Ordovician-Mississippian		Wide range of faunas	TN0083			\|	,
Gray	Washington	TN	in large clay deposit on TN75 http://www.wjhl.com/news/localnews/MGBTTFZ8L6D.html http://members.aol.com/Graysite1/	Miocene		abundant bones and teeth	TN0084		http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/406394/developing_a_gis_database_for_the_gray_fossil_site_tennessee/index.html?source=r_science	\|	,
Bon Air	White	TN		Pennsylvanian	Signal Point	marine invertebrates	TN0085			\|	,
Bethesda	Williamson	TN	2 km E on Hill	Ordovician		Rhynchotrema,Hebertella,bryozoa	TN0086			\|	,
Franklin	Williamson	TN	8 km E at Harvey Knob	Ordovician		typical faunas	TN0087			\|	,
Franklin	Williamson	TN	NW corner of town near cemetery in quarries	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Catheys -- bryozoa,trilobites,gastropods,cephalopods,Skolithus	TN0088			\|	,
Franklin	Williamson	TN	across River on Fortification Hill	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Catheys -- bryozoa,trilobites,gastropods,cephalopods,Skolithus	TN0089			\|	,
Franklin	Williamson	TN	along Harpeth River	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Catheys -- bryozoa,trilobites,gastropods,cephalopods,Skolithus	TN0090			\|	,
Franklin	Williamson	TN	area exposures	Ordovician	Cannon Limestone	Catheys -- bryozoa,trilobites,gastropods,cephalopods,Skolithus	TN0091			\|	,
Peytonville	Williamson	TN	2 km NW along road and up hill in limestones	Ordovician		typical faunas	TN0092	Peytonsville is about 12km SE of Franklin		\|	,
Alexandria	Wilson	TN	5.5 km S	Ordovician	Trenton, Lower	Cryptophragmus,Tetradium,Rhynchotrema,Cyrtolites	TN0093			\|	,
-	[?]	TN		Devonian	Ross	Isorthis,Levenea,Leptostrophia,Gypidula,Hallopora,Monotrypa,Dalmanites,Phacops	TN0096			\|	,
-	[?]	TN		Silurian	Decatur	Astraeospongia,Favosites,--Halysites,Atrypa,Rhipidomella,Stropheodonta,Cypricardinia	TN0097			\|	,
Horse Creek	[?]	TN	in area exposures in valleys of Horse,Cypress,Birdsong creeks	Devonian		good fossils	TN0094	Horse Creeks in Campbell,Chester,Clay,Fentress,Greene,Hardin,McNairy,Sullivan Counties		\|	,
Kentucky Lake	[?]	TN	Crinoids in	Devonian	Ross Limestone	crinoids	TN0095	Kentucky Lake borders on many counties		\|	,

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