US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for WISCONSIN

Version 0810 current as of OCT 2008.

Back to States INDEX

Back to MAIN PAGE

Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
Green Bay	Brown	WI	6 km NW at Duck Creek in	Ordovician	Galena	Encrinurus	WI0001				\|	,
Green Bay	Brown	WI	in road cuts and stream banks from Wayside to Lake Winnebago			bryozoa	WI0002				\|	,
Madison	Dane	WI	area exposures from Madison,Janesville,Beloit West	Ordovician		?	WI0003				\|	,
Sun Prairie	Dane	WI	area exposures	Ordovician		?	WI0004				\|	,
-	Dodge	WI	in area exposures	Ordovician	Galena	Fusispira,Murchisonia	WI0005				\|	,
Sturgeon Bay	Door	WI		Silurian	Hendricks	Conodonts, Microvertebrates-fish scales-Loganellia,Valyalepis,Zuegelepis	WI0112		http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_199907/ai_n8855647		\|	,
Colfax	Dunn	WI				Hyolithes	WI0006				\|	,
Colfax	Dunn	WI	in quarry			fossils	WI0007				\|	,
Eau Claire	Eau Claire	WI	NW and S of town	Cambrian	Eau Claire	trilobites	WI0008				\|	,
Eau Claire	Eau Claire	WI	in outcrops on Mt Washington	Cambrian	Eau Claire	Abundant brachiopods and trilobites	WI0009				\|	,
Eau Claire	Eau Claire	WI	quarry			abundant trilobites and brachiopods	WI0010				\|	,
Ashford	Fond du Lac	WI	In RR cuts	Silurian	Niagaran Limestone	Phragmoceras,Pleurotomaria	WI0011				\|	,
Dickeyville	Grant	WI	7 km NW in Road Cut	Ordovician		brachiopods,sponges,ostracods	WI0012				\|	,
Fennimore	Grant	WI	7 km NW in	Ordovician Middle	Platteville	Ordovician faunas -- crinoids	WI0013				\|	,
Fennimore	Grant	WI	S and W in road cuts	Ordovician		abundant	WI0014				\|	,
Platteville	Grant	WI	SW in quarry on side road off of uS151	Ordovician		abundant fossils	WI0015				\|	,
Berlin	Green Lake	WI	In area exposures of friable sandstone	Cambrian	Potsdam	Crepicephalus	WI0016				\|	,
Kingston	Green Lake	WI	in Sandstone in road cuts along US44.	Cambrian	Lodi	Trilobites and Brachiopods	WI0017				\|	,
New Glarus	Green	WI	Road cut on Hwy W			Hyolithes	WI0018				\|	,
New Glarus	Green	WI	area exposures E,N and W	Ordovician Lower		marine fossils	WI0019				\|	,
New Glarus	Green	WI	in road cut W of junction of WI92 and WI69.	Ordovician	Galena	trilobites,brachiopods,ostracods,gastropods.	WI0020				\|	,
New Glarus	Green	WI	road cut on WI69	Ordovician Middle		marine fossils	WI0021				\|	,
Elroy	Juneau	WI	10 km N			worm tracks	WI0022				\|	,
Mauston	Juneau	WI	10 km W on WI82			brachiopods	WI0023				\|	,
Wood Hill	Juneau	WI	In Cambrian Upper Franconia Formation in road cut on MN80.	Cambrian Upper		Trilobite zones Camaraspis,Conaspis,Ptychaspis	WI0024				\|	,
Wood Hill	Juneau	WI	in road cut on MN80			trilobites	WI0025				\|	,
Carlton	Kewaunee	WI	In area exposures	Silurian	Guelph Limestone	Holopea,Murchisonia,Orthoceras,Cyrtoceras	WI0026				\|	,
Forrestville-Bailey's Harbor	Kewaunee	WI	along Red river s28t24r24	Silurian	Niagaran	Corals	WI0027	Forrestville-Baileys Harbor-Red River form a triangle about 20km on a side that includes much of the Kewaunee peninsula. It's not clear if this is one site,three sites or regional exposures.		s28t24r24	\|	,
Wauwatosa	Kewaunee	WI	In Limestone exposures	Silurian	Racine	corals - Strombodes	WI0028	Wauwatosa is in Milwaukee County			\|	,
Halfway Creek	La Crosse	WI		Cambrian	Potsdam	ripple marks,Lingula,fucoids	WI0029				\|	,
Halfway Creek	La Crosse	WI	Linguloid brachiopods are found near Stevenstown	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods -Linguella? and	WI0030				\|	,
Stevenstown	La Crosse	WI		Cambrian	Potsdam	ripple marks,Lingula,fucoids	WI0031				\|	,
Stevenstown	La Crosse	WI	Linguloid brachiopods are found near Stevenstown	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods -Linguella?	WI0032				\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	around mill site sw1/4s23t19r7w	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Obolella,fucoids,small trilobites.	WI0035			sw1/4s23t19r7w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	in area outcrops t14r1e	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Skolithus	WI0036			t14r1e	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	ne1/4s29t16r7w in sandstone along road			Lingula,small trilobites. fucoids	WI0040			ne1/4s29t16r7w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	nw1/4s15t18r6w near top of Ridge and along road			Dikelocephalus	WI0041			nw1/4s15t18r6w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	nw1/4s25t19r8w along road	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Obolella	WI0039			nw1/4s25t19r8w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	nw1/4s27t18r9w in two beds about 30 meters apart	Silurian		Lingula,small trilobites	WI0038			nw1/4s27t18r9w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	nw1/4s29t20r10w in red Sandstone	Silurian		Obolella	WI0042			nw1/4s29t20r10w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	on Black River se1/4s3t18r8w on N side of river in bank near water	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Obolella (small-a few mm),a few trilobites,brachiopods	WI0034			se1/4s3t18r8w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	s20t14r3w-s29t14r3w	Silurian		Dikelocephalus,Lingula. fucoids	WI0043			s20t14r3w-s29t14r3w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	s33t20r8w-s3t20r8w	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Lingula,trilobites	WI0044			s33t20r8w-s3t20r8w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	s6t13r3w in greensand	Silurian Lower		fucoids	WI0037			s6t13r3w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	se1/4s4t18r8w	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	small white Lingula	WI0033			se1/4s4t18r8w	\|	,
-	La Crosse,Trempealeau	WI	sw1/4s23t19r8w (or maybe r13w) beside main road in dark sandstone	Silurian		abundant trilobites	WI0045			sw1/4s23t19r8w	\|	,
Reedsville	Manitowoc	WI	in Quarries in	Silurian	Racine Dolomite	trilobites,corals,brachiopods,stromatoporoids,bryozoa,crinoids)	WI0046				\|	,
Valders	Manitowoc	WI	in Quarries in	Silurian	Racine Dolomite	trilobites,corals,brachiopods,stromatoporoids,bryozoa,crinoids)	WI0047				\|	,
Mosinee	Marathon	WI	On County Hwy C at Krukowski Quarry well preserved ichnofossils	Cambrian	Mount Simon	medusae,Euthycarcinoids,ichnofossils-Climactichnites,Protichnites	WI0048				\|	,
Mosinee	Marathon	WI	in quarry	Cambrian Upper	Mount Simon\|Wonewoc	abundant large jellyfish	WI0049				\|	,
Brown Deer	Milwaukee	WI		Devonian	Hamilton	fish fragments-Rhynchodus	WI0050				\|	,
Brown Deer	Milwaukee	WI		Devonian Middle	Hamilton	Spirifer,mollusks	WI0051				\|	,
Brown Deer	Milwaukee	WI		Devonian Middle	Hamilton	Spirifer,mollusks	WI0052				\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI		Devonian	Hamilton	fish fragments-Crossopterygian?,Dinichthys,Eczematolepis,Gamphacanthus,Heteracanthus,Oestophorus,Ptyctodus,Rhynchodus	WI0053				\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	Franklin Quarry			fossils	WI0054				\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	Hartung Quarry	Silurian		well preserved complete trilobites	WI0055	reportedly converted to landfill in 1960s			\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	In reef exposure in parking lot of County Stadium	Silurian		a few fossils	WI0056				\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	at Washington Street Bridge	Devonian	Hamilton	Lingula,Discina,Orthis. Stropheodonta,Chonetes,Spirifer	WI0057				\|	,
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	in RR cut on N side of Rapid Transit tracks on No side of Menominee Valley in	Silurian	Racine Dolomite	trilobites,corals,stromatoporoids,brachiopods,bryozoa,mollusks,crinoids	WI0058				\|	,
Wauwatosa	Milwaukee	WI				Sponges Ischadites	WI0059				\|	,
Wauwatosa	Milwaukee	WI	at Francey's Quarry	Silurian	Racine	trilobites	WI0060				\|	,
Wauwatosa	Milwaukee	WI	in area interreef beds. Largely filled,but possible exposure in Menominee River upstream of Hawley Rd Bridge	Silurian		?	WI0061				\|	,
Whitefish Bay	Milwaukee	WI	at Washington Street Bridge	Devonian	Hamilton	Lingula,Discina,Orthis. Stropheodonta,Chonetes,Spirifer	WI0062				\|	,
Tomah	Monroe	WI	10 km W in road cuts on US16			Maustonia,Parabolinoides,other trilobites	WI0063				\|	,
Tomah	Monroe	WI	9.6km W in road cuts on US16.			Trilobites - Maustonia,Parabolinoides	WI0064				\|	,
Tunnel City	Monroe	WI	in quarry			fossils	WI0065				\|	,
Tunnel City	Monroe	WI	in quarry	Cambrian	Jordan	trilobites and brachiopods	WI0066				\|	,
Wilton	Monroe	WI	SW along Trunk Hwy Z in road cuts			fossils	WI0067				\|	,
Cedarburg	Ozaukee	WI	in banks of Milwaukee River toward Grafton.	Silurian	Racine Dolomite	trilobites,corals,brachiopods,bryozoa,crinoids)	WI0068				\|	,
Grafton	Ozaukee	WI	in reefs exposed along Milwaukee River	Silurian	Racine	fossils	WI0069				\|	,
Grafton	Ozaukee	WI	in reefs exposed in quarry in Lime Kiln Park	Silurian	Racine	fossils	WI0070				\|	,
-	Pierce	WI	in regional exposures of buff Limestone	Silurian Lower		Strophomena and some large branching corals	WI0071				\|	,
Racine	Racine	WI	in area exposures	Silurian	Niagara Falls\|Racine dolomite	Zaphrentis,Cyathoxonia	WI0072				\|	,
Racine	Racine	WI	in reef exposure at Quarry Lake Park and in quarries along a line form 6 km NW to 6 km NE	Silurian	Racine	fossils - crinoids	WI0073				\|	,
-	Richland	WI	in area exposures of cherty Limestone	Silurian Lower		Euomphalus	WI0075				\|	,
Boaz	Richland	WI	in road cut opposite old mill	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Skolithus	WI0074				\|	,
Beloit	Rock	WI	5 km above in RR quarries			Cypricardites,Edmondia,Palaearca,Metoptoma,Orthoceras	WI0076				\|	,
Beloit	Rock	WI	area quarries W and NW	Ordovician Lower		marine fossils	WI0077				\|	,
Beloit	Rock	WI	in area quarries	Ordovician	Trenton	Ambonychia,Tellinomya,Ctenodonta	WI0078				\|	,
Beloit	Rock	WI	in regional quarries in buff or blue Limestone			Cypricardites,Edmondia,Palaearca,Metoptoma	WI0079				\|	,
Janesville	Rock	WI	in Limestone quarries	Ordovician	Trenton	Orthoceras	WI0080				\|	,
Baraboo	Sauk	WI				Dikelocephalus zone of partial specimens exposed in at least one area quarry.	WI0081				\|	,
Ironton	Sauk	WI	Sauk	Cambrian Upper		Trilobites Plethopeltis	WI0082				\|	,
Ironton	Sauk	WI	Sauk	Cambrian Upper		trilobites -Plethopeltis	WI0083				\|	,
Rhine	Sheboygan	WI	regional exposures	Silurian	Niagaran	Pentamerus	WI0084				\|	,
Hudson	St Croix	WI	along Willow River	Cambrian Upper		Five zones containing trilobite and brachiopods faunas	WI0085				\|	,
Hudson	St Croix	WI	at Little Falls Dam	Cambrian Upper		Five zones containing trilobite and brachiopods faunas	WI0086				\|	,
Robert's Store	St Croix	WI	is soft friable green brown sandstone	Silurian Lower [Cambrian Lower?]	Potsdam	Ptychaspis	WI0087				\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	In W fork of Kickapoo River S6T13R3W	Cambrian	Potsdam	fucoids	WI0099			S6T13R3W	\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	NE1/4S29T18R7W in small hill near road	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods and trilobites	WI0100			NE1/4S29T18R7W	\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	NW1/4S15T18R6W high up on Ridge along road in WI	Cambrian	Potsdam	trilobites	WI0101			NW1/4S15T18R6W	\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	NW1/4S29T20R10W in red Sandstone	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods	WI0102			NW1/4S29T20R10W	\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	S20T14R3W-S29T14R3W in WI	Cambrian	Potsdam	trilobite fragments,brachiopods	WI0103			S20T14R3W-S29T14R3W	\|	,
-	Trempealeau	WI	S33T20R8W-34T20R8W in WI	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods and trilobites	WI0104			S33T20R8W-34T20R8W	\|	,
Arcadia	Trempealeau	WI	Roadcut on WI93 1km S of WI95 Junction	Cambrian Upper	Jordan Sandstone	Trilobites-Dikelocephalus,Calvinella,Arcadiaspis	WI0088				\|	,
Beaver Creek	Trempealeau	WI	SE1/4 S4T18R8W	Cambrian	Potsdam	Lingula	WI0089			SE1/4 S4T18R8W	\|	,
Gales Ferry	Trempealeau	WI	on North side of Black River SE1/4s3T18R8W	Cambrian	Potsdam	brachiopods and trilobites	WI0090			SE1/4s3T18R8W	\|	,
Galesville	Trempealeau	WI	At mill site and the bluffs below. NW1/4S33T19R8W	Cambrian	Potsdam	trilobites and brachiopods.	WI0091			NW1/4S33T19R8W	\|	,
Hardy Creek	Trempealeau	WI	in many exposures in SW1/4S23T19R7W	Cambrian	Potsdam	?	WI0092			SW1/4S23T19R7W	\|	,
Hillsboro	Trempealeau	WI	in many exposures in T14R1E	Cambrian	Potsdam	worm burrows.	WI0093			T14R1E	\|	,
Perrot State Park	Trempealeau	WI	in bluffs E of the mouth of the Trempealeau in	Ordovician	Oneonta	fossils	WI0094				\|	,
Strum	Trempealeau	WI	in abandoned quarry at E side of County trunk Hwy D 400 meters N of WI10 junction.	Cambrian	Eau Claire	Trilobites and brachiopods.	WI0095				\|	,
Trempealeau	Trempealeau	WI		Cambrian Upper		Trilobites Acheilus	WI0096				\|	,
Trempealeau	Trempealeau	WI		Cambrian Upper		trilobites -Acheilus	WI0097				\|	,
Whitehall	Trempealeau	WI	N in road cuts	Cambrian		abundant marine fossils	WI0098				\|	,
Whitewater	Walworth	WI		Ordovician	Galena Limestone	Maclurea,Fusispira	WI0105				\|	,
Delafield	Waukesha	WI		Silurian Lower	Hudson River Shale	Monticulipora,Fenestella,Ptilodictya,Trematopora,Orthis	WI0106				\|	,
Waukesha	Waukesha	WI	in quarries along WI83 between Waukesha and Burlington.			crinoids,trilobites (Bumastus)	WI0107				\|	,
Lake Winnebago	Winnebago	WI	along Niagara escarpment	Silurian		fossils	WI0108				\|	,
Berlin Lake[?]	[?]	WI	Late Cambrian trilobites are found in brown sandstones near Berlin Green Lake County,WI	Cambrian	Potsdam	Cambrian Upper trilobites	WI0109	Can't identify a Berlin Lake in Wisconsin			\|	,
SE Wisconsin	[?]	WI	in old lead mines	Ordovician		?	WI0110				\|	,

Permission is granted to use any materials on these pages under the V2.5 Creative Commons License

The template for this page was validated as Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional 060915.