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Country
Africa
Antarctica
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bohemia
Brazil
Brazil ?
Canada
Chile
China
China ?
Clipperton Island
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
Dominican Rep
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
England
France
France or Spain?
Germany
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Iran
Ireland
Isle of Malta
Italy
Japan
Korea
Lebanon
Madagascar
Manchuria
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Russia
Samoa
Scotland
South Africa
South Nigeria
Spain
Sweden
Tanzania
Timor
Trinidad
Tristan da Cunha
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
unknown
USA
Venezuela
Wales
Genus
Species
State/Prov./Dist.
Type Status
?
COTYPE
HOLOTYPE
HOLOTYPE & PARATYPE
HOLOTYPE (part)
HOLOTYPE ?
HOLOTYPE counterpart
HOLOTYPE obverse impression
HOMOEOTYPE
HYPOTYPE
LECTOTYPE
METATYPE
NEOTYPE
PARALECTOTYPE
PARATYPE
PARATYPE ?
PARATYPE or HOLOTYPE
PLASTOHOLOTYPE
PLASTONEOTYPE
PLASTOPARATYPE
PLASTOSYNTYPE
PLASTOTYPE
PLASTOVOUCHER
SYNTYPE
SYNTYPE ?
TOPOTYPE
TYPE ?
TYPE?
VIRTUAL LECTOTYPE
VOUCHER
VOUCHER ?
VOUCHER?
County
Formation
Author/Date
Age
CAMBRIAN
CARBONIFEROUS
CENOZOIC
CRETACEOUS
CRETACEOUS ?
CRETACEOUS?
DEVONIAN
EOCENE
EOCENE-
EOCENE-OLIGOCENE
EO-OLIGOCENE
HOLOCENE
JURASSIC
MIOCENE
MIOCENE ?
MIOCENE?
MIO-PLIOCENE
MISSISSIPPIAN
NEOGENE
OLIGOCENE
OLIGOCENE ?
OLIGOCENE-EOCENE
OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE
OLIGO-MIOCENE
ORDOVICIAN
PALEOCENE
PALEOZOIC
PENNSYLVANIAN
PERMIAN
PLEISTOCENE
PLIOCENE
PLIOCENE ?
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE
PRECAMBRIAN
QUATERNARY
RECENT
RECENT ?
SILURIAN
TERTIARY
TERTIARY ?
TRIASSIC
Informal Name
algae
ammonite
baculite
barnacle
belemnite
bird
bird - gannet
bird - grebe
bivalve
bivalve - oyster
bivalve - rudist
bivalve - scallop
bivalve ?
bivalve
brachiopod
brachiopod, trilobite
chiton
coral
crab
decapod
dinosaur
echinoderm
echinoderm - crinoid
echinoderm - heart urchin
echinoderm - sand dollar
echinoderm - star
echinoderm - urchin
echinoderm - urchin spine
echinoid
eukaryote
fish
fish - coelacanth
fish - gar
fish - placoderm
fish - scale
fish - shark
fish - stingray
fish - tooth
fish ?
fish bone
foraminifera
fusulinid
gastropod
gastropod - limpet
gastropod - murex
insect -milkweed bug
isopod
lichen
mammal
mammal - bison
mammal - canine
mammal - cat
mammal - coyote
mammal - deer
mammal - dolphin
mammal - elephant
mammal - horse
mammal - mammoth
mammal - man
mammal - mastodon
mammal - oreodont
mammal - pig
mammal - porpoise
mammal - primate
mammal - rhinoceros
mammal - rodent
mammal - sea lion
mammal - sea otter
mammal - seal
mammal - skin
mammal - sloth
mammal - sperm whale
mammal - tapir
mammal - tooth
mammal - walrus
mammal - whale
mammal ?
nautiloid
ostracod
plant
plant - club moss
plant - cone
plant - conifer
plant - cycad
plant - fern - stem
plant - leaf
plant - maple tree
plant - pine cone
plant - seed
plant - tree fern - trunk
plant - tree leaf
reptile
reptile - ichthyosaur
reptile - turtle
rostroconch
shark tooth
shrimp
silicoflagellate
snail
sponge
trilobite
trilobite - track
trilobite brachiopod
tusk shell
worm shell
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