US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for MAINE

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsSite IDCommentsReferenceLat-Long|Spare1Spare2Spare3
-(?)MEDChapman Sandstone,Moose River Limestoneinvertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-orthocerida-Orthoceras;(others)ME0084LatLon is type locality of Chapman SS in Chapman Twp46.5751,-68.0874,Grindstone.ME,AJm73?|$*
-(?)MEOShin Brookinvertebrates-brachiopoda-FamatinorthisME008546.1265,-68.5959,location:Shin Brook.ME,AJm73?|$*
Coastal Maine(?)MEGravel pits in Coastal MainePEPresumpscot Clayinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda(crabs);;echinoderms-asteroidea(starfish),echinoidea(sand_dollars);mollusks-gastropodaME008144.4914,-68.0144,Location:Gouldsboro.ME,AGg15?|$*ME0001
NE Maine(?)MEOinvertebrates-brachiopodaME008246.8827,-67.9944,location:Caribou.ME,AIi14|$*ME0165
NW Maine(JimsPond/HardwoodMtn)(?)MEWhittington and Campbell. The Hardwood Mountain Formation is a fossiliferous Formation found in the vicinity of Jims Pond and Hardwood Mountain MESHardwood Mountaininvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda;trilobita(silicified)-Encrinurus;;cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Halysites;;;echinodermsME008644.5143,-70.7717,location:Jims Pond.ME,AIi15|$*
Western Maine(BeckPond)(?)MEBeck Pond area? in limestonesDBeck Pondinvertebrates-porifera-stromatoporoidea-Habrostroma(?)ME0083Beck Pond is in Somerset County near 45.3728N,-70.3401W45.3728,-70.3401,,AJj44?|$*
Central-Coastal Maine-MEIn outcrops of recent blue marine clays exposed by isostatic rebound in coastal and central MainePEPresumpscotinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-cirripedia-Balanus;;;brachiopoda-Hyattella;mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Chlamys,Macoma,Mya,Mytilus,Serripes;gastropoda-Buccinum,Neptunea,Polinices;;;plants(leaves)(impressions)ME000144.4914,-68.0144,Location:Gouldsboro.ME,AGg15?|$*ME0081
Southwood(?)-ME48d22mN,68d22mW. The location is Route du Pont Couvert, QC. There appears to be no Southwood in MaineDTarratineinvertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-CrossocerasME0002From Context48.3667,-68.3667,,AKm73?|$*
LewistonAndroscogginMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Mya,Portlandia;gastropoda-BuccinumME008844.0458,-70.2908,,AKm73?|$*
PolandAndroscogginMEvertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)-Carcharodon?ME000444.0506,-70.3801,,AKm73?|$*
Sabattus River ValleyAndroscogginMEOutcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME000544.1006,-70.2150,,AJj44?|$*
AllagashAroostookMEAt 69d20m33sW 47d13m28sN near private logging road connecting Allagash to the Estcourt-St Pomphile(QC) Road in sandstones and slatesOuLittle East Lakeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Dalmanella,Eodinobolus;mollusks-gastropoda-Bucania,Daidia,Lophospira,Paraliospira,TrochonemellaME008947.2244,-69.3425,,AKm73|$*
AllagashAroostookMEAt 69d24m41sW,47d11m14sN in exposure created by road construction in 1990OuLittle East Lakeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Dalmanella,Eodinobolus;mollusks-gastropoda-Bucania,Daidia,Lophospira,Paraliospira,TrochonemellaME009047.1872,-69.4114,,AKm73|$*
AllagashAroostookMEAt 69d25m29sW. 47d10m14sN in road metal quarry in sandstones and slatesOuLittle East Lakeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Dalmanella,Eodinobolus;mollusks-gastropoda-Bucania,Daidia,Lophospira,Paraliospira,TrochonemellaME009147.1706,-69.4247,,AKm73|$*
CaribouAroostookMEinvertebrates-graptolitesO?Clintoninvertebrates-graptolites-ClimacograptusME0165invertebrates-graptolites of New York, Part 2 By Rudolf Ruedemann Google Books46.8827,-67.9944,location:Caribou.ME,AJj44?|$*ME0082
Caribou(NylanderMus)AroostookMENatural History Museum with some paleo material featuring Olaf Nylander collections from late 19th and early 20th century. Nylander Museum, 657 Main Street, Caribou, Maine 04736, Phone: (207) 493-5923.ME0169http://www.cariboumaine.org/index.php/living-in-caribou/nylander-museum/46.8576,-68.0103,,AKm72|,
Chapman PlantationAroostookMEinvertebrates-graptolitesSClintoninvertebrates-graptolites-MonograptusME0166invertebrates-graptolites of New York, Part 2 By Rudolf Ruedemann Google Books46.6481,-68.1614,,AJj44?|$*
MapletonAroostookMEDTrout ValleyplantsME000946.6817,-68.1633,,AKm73|$*
Mapleton(PyleMtn)AroostookMEOrdovician graptolites are found in Ordovician shales 1 km East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle MountainOinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Leptobolus;graptolites-Climacograptus,Dicranograptus,Diplograptus,OrthograptusME001046.6652,-68.2260,,AKm73|$*ME0011
Mapleton(PyleMtn)AroostookMESilurian brachiopods are found in 'a nearby conglomerate'. East of a sharp turn on the Mapleton-Ashland Road at the foot of Pyle MountainSinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Dalmanites,Lichas;;brachiopoda-Atrypa,Conchidium,Eatonia,Eospirifer,Hyattella,Nucleospira,Pentamerus,Sowerbyella,Stropheodonta,Strophomena;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-PalaeocyclusME001146.6652,-68.2260,,AKm73|$*ME0010
Presque Isle(NoMaineMusSci)AroostookMENorthern Maine Museum of Science--Displays are in halls of three floors of Folsom Hall at the University of Maine,Presque Isle Campus. (There's a list of displays on the website 'about' page). 181 Main St, Presque Isle, ME 04769ME0174https://pages.umpi.edu/nmms/46.6715,-68.0145,,AKm72|,
Presque Isle(SSW6)AroostookME6km SSW-Spragueville Road in interbedded limestones and tan shalesSPerhaminvertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids;graptolites-Monograptus;mollusks-bivalvia-CardiolaME009346.6483,-68.0500,,AKm73?|$*
Presque Isle(W5)AroostookME4.8km W on Winslow FarmDmMapleton Sandstoneplants-Hostinella,pteridophyta-Taeniocrada;sporae-Barrandeina;zosterophyllopsida-SawdoniaME0092Hostinella orginially entered as Hostimella46.6827,-68.0651,,AKm73?|$*
Square LakeAroostookMESE of Fort Kent in T16R5 in Limestone Ridgeinvertebrates-brachiopoda(6 species),cnidaria-corals(2 species);echinoderms-crinoidsME001447.0592,-68.3562,T16R5,AKm43|$*ME0167
Square LakeAroostookMESome Silurian Trilobites from Port Daniel, Quebec, Cecil H. Kindle,Journal of Paleontology,Vol. 19, No. 5 (Sep., 1945), pp. 529-533Dinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobitaME0167http://www.jstor.org/pss/129900647.0592,-68.3562,,AKm43|$*ME0014
Stockholm(N3-rr)?AroostookME3.2km N of station in RR cut on Bangor and Aroostook RR in coarse sandstonesSFrenchvilleinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Atrypa?,Cyrtia,Dolerorthis,Eocoelia,Leptaena,Pentamerus?,Plectodonta,Resserella,Stricklandia;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Palaeocyclus?;;;;plants-algae,EohostimellaME0094Dolororthis originally Delarorthis. Stricklandia orginally Stricklandialens47.0422,-68.1400,,AKm73|$*
Weeksboro-LunksoosAroostookMEfossils(fairly abundant) in area outcropsSinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,graptolitesME001646.2569,-68.1586,location:weeksboro.ME,AJj44|$*ME0163
BrunswickCumberlandMEBunganuc Point. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME001743.8589,-70.0093,,AKm73|$*
Casco BayCumberlandMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Chlamys,Hiatella,Mya,Nuculana,Portlandia;gastropoda-NeptuneaME009543.7233,-70.0600,,AJj44?|$*
GrayCumberlandME43d53m24s North 70d16m39sPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Musculus,Mya,Mytilus,Nucula,Nuculana,YoldiaME009643.89,-70.2775,,AKm73|$*
PortlandCumberlandMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Cerastoderma,Chlamys,Clinocardium,Ensis,Hiatella,Macoma,Mactra,Mesodesma,Mya,Mytilus,Nuculana,pectinidae-Pecten;Portlandia,Serripes,Yoldiella,Zirphaea;gastropoda-Buccinum,Margarites,Natica,Neptunea,PolinicesME009743.6652,-70.2958,,AGl63?|$*
Portland(ForeRiv)CumberlandMEIn gravel pit near Fore River. plants in Pleistocene claysPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks;plants-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-(branches)(cones)(leaves)(needles);;(petrified wood)ME009843.6486,-70.2811,,AKm73|$*
Pownal(BlackstonePit)CumberlandMEAt Blackstone Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot claysPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME002243.8922,-70.1843,,AKm73?|$*ME0023
Pownal(KnightPit)CumberlandMEAt Knight Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME002343.8922,-70.1843,,AKm73?|$*ME0022
ScarboroughCumberlandMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Nuculana,Pandora;gastropoda-PuncturellaME009943.5945,-70.3638,,AKm73|$*
YarmouthCumberlandMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Musculus,PortlandiaME010043.8009,-70.1873,,AKm73?|$*
Zeb CoveCumberlandMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Mactra(?)ME002643.5971,-70.2176,,AJm73|$*
Bar Harbor(DorrMus)HancockMEAppears to focus mostly on modern life forms, but there may be some fossils. George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History,105 Eden Street,Bar Harbor, Maine 04609,207-288-5395ME0171https://www.coa.edu/dorr-museum/44.3955,-68.2222,,AKm72|,
Castine(WilsonMus)HancockMEAddress: 120 Perkins St,Castine,ME 04421,(207) 326-9247. Historical museum with some mineral and fossil material. Free admissionME0175https://www.wilsonmuseum.org/44.3841,-68.8092,,AKm72|,
AugustaKennebecMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Cerastoderma,Chlamys,Hiatella,Mya;gastropoda-Buccinum,Natica,PolinicesME010144.3106,-69.7800,,AKm73|$*
Augusta(MaineStateMus)KennebecMEGeneral museum. Some mineral and fossils specimens. Maine State Museum, 230 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04330. Closed in 2021 for major repairs/upgrades. Reopening in late 2023/Early 2024?ME0173 https://mainestatemuseum.org/44.3060,-69.7828,,AKm72|,
Chelsea(ME9)KennebecMERoad Cut on ME9. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME002844.2529,-69.7643,,AKm73?|$*
China LakeKennebecMEArea outcrops of glacial clay-Palermo site --UTM 460,593mE 4,926,820mN; and EPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks(marine)-bivalvia-MytilusME010244.4379,-69.5590,460593mE:4926820mN,AKm73?|$*ME0103
China LakeKennebecMEArea outcrops of glacial clay-Vassalboro site --UTM 450,750mE 4,923,230mN and EPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks(marine)-bivalvia-PortlandiaME010344.4379,-69.5590,460593mE:4926820mN,AKm73?|*$ME0102
GardinerKennebecMEOutcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME003144.2300,-69.7758,,AKm73|$*
WatervilleKennebecMEIn area exposures of blue and gray shalesSWatervilleichnofossils,invertebrates-graptolites;plants-(seaweeds)ME0136http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/NewRefsmry/sumry_4315.html44.5539,-69.6332,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0087,ME0105,ME0164
WatervilleKennebecMEC?ichnofossils-tracks-invertebratipedia-Nereites;;;invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita?ME0087Original included 'Mirianites' which seems not to exist. Mispelling? Of what? Neonereites?44.5539,-69.6332,,AKm73?|*$ME0105,ME0136,ME0164
WatervilleKennebecMESWatervilleichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-Chondrites,Dictyodora?,Euproopichnus,Planolites;ichno_misc-Neonereites,Rusophycus;tracks-invertebratipedia-Nereites,ProtovirgulariaME0164ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/2003/2003111.pdf44.5539,-69.6332,,AKm73?|*$ME0087,ME0105,ME0136
Waterville EskerKennebecMEPEinvertebrates-mollusksME010544.5539,-69.6332,,AJj44?|*$ME0087,ME0136,ME0164
Waterville(DevilChairQry)KennebecMEIn Devil Chair Quarry between Upper Main St and Quarry Rdinvertebrates-graptolitesME010444.5701,-69.6487,,AKm73|$*
Fox Islands(PulpitHbr-SouthernHbr)KnoxMEin strip between pulpit Harbor to Southern HarborSinvertebrates(diverse)ME003444.1156,-68.8714,,AJj44|*$ME0039,ME0106,ME0154,ME0158
North HavenKnoxMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Chlamys,Mya;gastropoda-PolinicesME010644.1156,-68.8714,,AJj44|*$ME0034,ME0039,ME0154,ME0158
North Haven(NHaven-Vinalhaven)KnoxMEOutcrops of Silurian or Lower Devonian Ames Knob formation on Horth Haven and Vinalhaven Islands. 200m of fossiliferous shale,sandstone,limestone over a basal conglomerateS-DAmes Knobinvertebrates-mollusksME0158Lower Silurian-Lower Devonian Volcanic Rocks of New England Coast ..44.1156,-68.8714,,AJj44|*$ME0034,ME0039,ME0106,ME0154
Owls HeadKnoxMEalong seashoreT-Qinvertebrates-mollusks?(shells)ME003644.0830,-69.0570,,AKm73|$*
Penobscot BayKnox?MES?Ames Knobinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,bryozoaME0154http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:yq_VLF_UGcYJ:ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/1975/7503.pdf+eastport+formation+pembroke+edmunds&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us44.1156,-68.8714,,AIi14?|*$ME0034,ME0039,ME0106,ME0158
RocklandKnoxMEalong seashoreT-Qinvertebrates-mollusks?(shells)ME003744.1042,-69.1000,,AKm73|$*
ThomastonKnoxMEin area Limestone quarriesinvertebrates(Avalonian)ME003844.0769,-69.1833,,AKm43|$*
VinalhavenKnoxMESAmes Knobinvertebrates-mollusksME003944.1156,-68.8714,,AJj44|*$ME0034,ME0106,ME0154,ME0158
Waldoboro(WaldoboroNorthPit)LincolnMEAt Waldoboro North pitPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-cirripedia-Balanus;;;mollusks-bivalvia(8taxa),gastropoda(4taxa)ME010744.107,-69.3782,,AKm72|$*
Waldoboro(WhitneyCornersPit)LincolnMEAt Whitney Corners pitPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-cirripedia-Balanus;;;mollusks-bivalvia(8taxa),gastropoda(4taxa)ME0108 44.1621,-69.3112,,AKm73|$*
Houghton(Houghton-SmyrnaHills)OxfordMERegional outcrops in Houghton-Smyrna Mills regionO-Sinvertebrates-graptolitesME0157Lower Silurian-Lower Devonian Volcanic Rocks of New England Coast ..47.1189,-88.5689,,AKm73|$*
-Penobscot?MEIn Stacyville QuadrangleO-SMunsungun Lake,Blind Brookinvertebrates-graptolitesME0162http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/schokiddgsab06.pdf45.864,-68.505,location:Stacyville.ME,AJj14?|*$ME0159,ME0160,ME0161
-Penobscot?MEIn Stacyville QuadrangleOm?Wassataquoik Chertinvertebrates-graptolitesME0161http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/schokiddgsab06.pdf45.864,-68.505,location:Stacyville.ME,AJj14?|*$ME0159,ME0160,ME0162
-Penobscot?MEIn Stacyville and Shin Brook Quadrangles in Grand Pitch FormationC?Grand Pitchichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-OldhamiaME0159http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/schokiddgsab06.pdf45.864,-68.505,location:Stacyville.ME,AJj14?|*$ME0160,ME0161,ME0162
-Penobscot?MEIn Stacyville and Shin Brook Quadrangles in Stacyville volcanicsC?Stacyville,Bluffer Pondinvertebrates-mollusksME0160http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/schokiddgsab06.pdf45.864,-68.505,location:Stacyville.ME,AjJ14?|*$ME0159,ME0161,ME0162
-(Weeksboro?)Penobscot?MEIn Weeksboro-Lunksoos anticlorum. Shelly fossilsOm?Shin Brook-ME0163http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/schokiddgsab06.pdf46.2569,-68.1586,location:weeksboro.ME,AjJ14?|Gander?$*ME0016
BangorPenobscotMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Mya,YoldiaME010944.8011,-68.7783,,AjJ44?|$*
Bangor(MeDiscCtr)PenobscotMEChildrens museum with some paleo focus ('Dinosaur Dig',etc). 74 Main Street, Bangor, Maine 04401, Phone: 207-262-7200. Admission FeeME0168https://www.mainediscoverymuseum.org44.8001,-68.7737,,AKm72|,
Leighton CovePenobscotMELeighton Cove, Head of Pembroke peninsulaSPembrokeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Camarotoechia,Chonetes,Dalmanella,Lingula,;mollusks-bivalvia-Actinopteria,Grammysia,Modiolopsis,NuculitesME0176http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/collections-database/molluscs/bivalves/;USNMP-45_1985_1913.pdf44.9014,-67.1326,,AKm72?|,
Penobscot RiverPenobscotMEichnofossilsichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-OldhamiaME0043The Penobscot River runs half the length of Maine.45.6039,-68.5325,,AJj45?|$*
Allagash Wilderness Waterway(Chamberlin Lake)PiscataquisMEChamberlin Lake, Collecting prohibitedinvertebrates-bryozoa,cnidaria-corals;porifera-stromatoporoideaME004446.2350,-69.2976,,AJj44?|$*
Allagash Wilderness Waterway(Round Pond)PiscataquisMERound Pond, Collecting prohibitedDSeboomook Slateinvertebrates-brachiopoda,mollusks-gastropodaME004546.1618,-69.1970,,AKm73|$*
Allagash Wilderness Waterway(Smith Brook)PiscataquisMESmith Brook, Collecting prohibitedinvertebrates-cnidaria-coralsME004646.3242,-69.2630,,AKm72|$*
Allagash Wilderness Waterway(Telos Lake)PiscataquisMETelos Lake, Collecting prohibitedDSeboomook Slateinvertebrates-brachiopoda,mollusks-gastropodaME004746.1382,-69.1449,,AKm73|$*
Baxter State Park(Dry Brook)PiscataquisMEOn Dry Brook 400m S of Grand Lake Rd T6R9DTrout Valleyplants-lycopodiophyta-DrepanophycusME011246.1355,-68.9069,T6R9,AKm72|*$ME0055,ME0110,ME0111,ME0115
Baxter State Park(NE corner)PiscataquisMEIn NE corner of park in coarse siltstone matrixDTrout Valleyinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Mucrospirifer,Nucleospira,Tropidoleptus;mollusks-bivalvia-PhthoniaME005046.2,-68.833,,AKm73?|$*
Baxter State Park(Ponds Brook)PiscataquisMESouth Branch Ponds Brook 500m downstream from mouth of Giffords Brook T5R9 --Red-Brown plant impressions on grey shaleDTrout Valleyfungi-Prototaxites;plants-euphyllophytina-PsilophytonME011346.1205,-68.9178,T5R9,AKm73|*$ME0055,ME0110,ME0114,ME0115
Baxter State Park(Trout Brook)PiscataquisME1.6km SW from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6 R9 on N side of Trout Creek in shaleDTrout Valleyplants-tracheophyta-trimerophytina-PerticaME011046.1320,-68.9247,T6R9,AKm73|*$ME0055,ME0111,ME0112,ME0113,ME0114,ME0115
Baxter State Park(Trout Brook)PiscataquisME200m upstream from The Crossing (of Grand Lake Rd over Trout Brook) T6R9 in silt,sandstone,shaleDTrout Valleyincertidae-chitinozoa-Sphaerochitina;;plants-euphyllophytina-Psilophyton;pteridophyta-Kaulangiophyton,Taeniocrada,Thursophyton;sporae-Apiculiretusispora,Clivosisporites,Deltoidospora,Emphanisporites,Grandispora,TholisporitesME011146.1367,-68.9151,T6R9,AKm72|*$ME0055,ME0110,ME0112,ME0114,ME0115
Baxter State Park(Trout Brook)PiscataquisMEalong Trout Brook T5 R10DTrout Valleyplants-tracheophyta-trimerophytina-PerticaME011446.1320,-68.9247,T6R9,AKm73?|*$ME0055,ME0110,ME0111,ME0113,ME0115
Baxter State Park(Trout Brook)PiscataquisMEalong Trout Brook T5 R9 -- multiple localities?DTrout Valleyplants-euphyllophytina-Psilophyton;lycopodiophyta-Drepanophycus;pteridophyta-TaeniocradaME011546.1320,-68.9247,T6R9,AKm73|*$ME0055,ME0110,ME0111,ME0112,ME0113,ME0114
Baxter State Park(Trout Brook?)PiscataquisMEin lakebed,volcanic ash deposits,Pertica quadrifaria an unusual plant fossil and other fossils. Devonian plants reported from unknown location in MEDTrout Valleyplants-tracheophyta-trimerophytina-PerticaME0055Trout Brook Fm deposits are apparently mostly found near Trout Brook46.1320,-68.9247,T6R9,AKm74?|*$ME0110,ME0111,ME0112,ME0113,ME0114,ME0115
Lake Matagamon(Third Lake)PiscataquisMEAt cabin on N shore of Third Lake MatagamonSinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments);brachiopoda-Amphistrophiella(?),Atrypa,Dalejina,Delthyris,Dolerorthis,Eccentricosta,Eoplectodonta,Ferganella,Gypidula,Mesoleptostrophia,Neumanella,Nucleospira,Resserella,StrophonellaME0116Amphistrophonella originally entered as Amphistrophiella46.25,-69.031,,AKm73|$*
Lobster LakePiscataquisMEIn shallow water marine sediments near top of complex sedimentary/volcanic sequenceOinvertebrates(?)(abundant)ME005745.84,-69.518,,AKm73?|$*
Milo(HarriganMus)PiscataquisMENatural History Museum specializing in fossils,minerals, and indian artifacts. Harrigan Learning Center and Museum, 15 Harris Pond Road,Milo, ME 04463, 207.943.3675, harriganmuseum@trcmaine.org. Admission FeeME0170https://www.threeriverscommunity.me/harrigan/45.2675,-68.9924,,AKm72|,
Ripogenus DamPiscataquisMEIn carbonates interbedded with Sandstone in gorge below damSRipogenusinvertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa,cnidaria-corals-tabulata-Halysites;;;mollusks-gastropoda;porifera-stromatoporoideaME011745.8833,-69.1767,,AKm72|$*
Topsham(Bisson Pit)SagadahocMEBisson Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME005943.96,-69.95,,AKm73?|$*
Topsham(ME196bypass)SagadahocMEME196 bypass. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous and may only have been exposed during constructionPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME006043.9370,-69.9667,,AKm73|$*
Topsham(WhorffPit)SagadahocMEWhorff Pit. Outcrop of Presumpscot claysPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME006143.9035,-69.8687,,AKm73?|$*
Hinkley(BatesMuseum)SomersetMEL C Bates Museum,14 Easler Road, PO Box 159, Hinckley, ME 04944, (207) 238-4250 (Phone),(207) 238-4007 (Fax) lcbates@gwh.org, Natural history mounts, dioramas, 'curiousities', some fossils? Small admission feeME0172https://www.gwh.org/programs/lc-bates-museum/45.0967,-69.2665,,AKm72|,
Jackman(LoonEchoCmpgnd)SomersetMEAt Loon Echo Campground in area exposuresinvertebrates-mollusksME006245.5213,-70.0917,,AKm73?|$*
Misery RidgeSomersetMEOn East side of Brassua Lake East of and parallel to ME6-15. Gray sandstones. Brachiopods at the base of bedsDlinvertebrates-brachiopodaME0063This would probably be within a kilometer or so of 45.6496N,-69.8019W45.6496,-69.8019,,AKm73|$*
RockwoodSomersetMEIn area road and RR cuts. Pockets of fossils(abundant)-ME006445.6778,-69.7414,,AKm73|$*ME0065
Rockwood(MooseheadLake)SomersetMEalong Moosehead Lake in sandstones and limestonesDTarratineinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(sparse);brachiopodaME006545.6778,-69.7414,,AKm73|$*ME0064
LincolnvilleWaldoMEalong seashoreT-Qinvertebrates-mollusks(shells)ME006644.2811,-69.0092,,AKm73|$*
ProspectWaldoMEin gravel pitPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks;vertebrates-mammals-(walrus)ME011844.5417,-68.8645,,AKm73?|$*
-Washington?MEEastport FormationSuEastportichnofossils,invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda;merostomata-eurypterida;;brachiopoda,mollusks-gastropodaME0130http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3349/is_2-3_40/ai_n29151006/pg_6?tag=artBody;col144.7467,-67.3682,Location:Machias.ME,AJj34|Avalon Terrane*$ME0131,ME0132,ME0133,ME0134
-Washington?MEEdmunds FormationSEdmundsinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda-Londinia,Lophoctenella,SleiaME0133http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3349/is_2-3_40/ai_n29151006/pg_6?tag=artBody;col144.7467,-67.3682,Location:Machias.ME,AJj34?|Avalon Terrane*$ME0130,ME0131,ME0132,ME0134
-Washington?MEHersey FormationSHerseyinvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracodaME0131http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3349/is_2-3_40/ai_n29151006/pg_6?tag=artBody;col144.7467,-67.3682,Location:Machias.ME,AJj34?|Avalon Terrane*$ME0130,ME0132,ME0133,ME0134
-Washington?MELeighton FormationSLeightoninvertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda-Calcaribeyrichia,Hemsiella,Londinia,Lophoctenella,Macrypsilon,Neobeyrichia,SleiaME0132http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3349/is_2-3_40/ai_n29151006/pg_6?tag=artBody;col144.7467,-67.3682,Location:Machias.ME,AJj34?|Avalon Terrane*$ME0130,ME0131,ME0133,ME0134
-Washington?MEQuoddy FormationSlQuoddyinvertebrates-graptolites-MonograptusME0134http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3349/is_2-3_40/ai_n29151006/pg_6?tag=artBody;col144.7467,-67.3682,Location:Machias.ME,AJj34?|Avalon Terrane*$ME0130,ME0131,ME0132,ME0133
Birch IslandWashingtonMEAbundantly fossiliferous calcareous siltstoneSEdmundsinvertebrates(abundant)-mollusks-cephalopodaME0153http://bulk.resource.org/gao.gov/88-577/00004B9C.pdf44.8728,-67.1522,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?$*
Burnt Cove(Eshore)WashingtonMEEast shore of Burnt Cove S of Cunningham MountainS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Brachyprion,WhitfieldellaME0138http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8383,-67.1578,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0140,ME0142
Burnt Cove(RoaringLakeoutlet)WashingtonMEExtreme NW corner of cove near Roaring Lake outletS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-ChonetesME0142http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8450,-67.1625,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0138,ME0140
Burnt Cove(Wside)WashingtonMEW side of coveS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-ChonetesME0140http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8383,-67.1578,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0138,ME0142
Cobscook River(FieldsPt-1S)WashingtonMEIn calcareous shales 800m S Fields Point on W shore of riverS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-ChonetesME0139http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8132,-67.1632,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0141,ME0143,ME0147
Cobscook River(Wshore)WashingtonMEW Shore opposite Wilber PointS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-BrachyprionME0144http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8979,-67.1780,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?$*
Cookson's IsWashingtonMENear the Canadian boundary. May actually be in NB E of Calais in Oak BayOinvertebrates-graptolitesME0156Lower Silurian-Lower Devonian Volcanic Rocks of New England Coast ..45.2167,-67.1833,,AKm73?|*$NB0050,NB0100
Denbow PointWashingtonMEAt very tip of point opposite Leighton Point USNM locality 11841S?Pembrokeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Salopina?ME0137http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/NewRefsmry/sumry_4315.html44.8939,-67.1047,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?$*ME0150
Dennysville(area)WashingtonMEMap on page 28 of reference identifies about two dozen fossil localities along the shores of Leighton Neck,Crow Neck,Denbow Neck,etcSPembroke,Edmundsinvertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,bryozoaME0155ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/1975/7503.pdf44.9036,-67.2292,,AKk43|*$ME0141,ME0143
EastportWashingtonME44d54m22sN,66d59m24sW (source says 'Estimated based on Eastport,ME')PEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Clinocardium,Hiatella,Zirphaea;gastropoda-ColusME006944.9061,-66.9900,,AKm73|*$ME0070,ME0119
EastportWashingtonMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Clinocardium,Hiatella,Zirphaea;gastropoda-ColusME011944.9061,-66.9900,,AKm73|*$ME0069,ME0070
Eastport(GreatPond)?WashingtonMENear Great PondDTrout ValleyplantsME0070Seems unlikely. Other Trout Brook locals are in Piscataquis County, but I can't identify a Great Pond in Piscataquis or Northern Penobscot County44.9061,-66.9906,,AGg15??|*$ME0069,ME0119
Fields PointWashingtonMES?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-ChonetesME0141http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8181,-67.1561,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0139,ME0143,ME0147,ME0155
Fields Point(W)WashingtonMEW of Fields Point, S of Ball MountainS?Edmundsinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Brachyprion;mollusks-bivalvia-TolmaiaME0143http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8181,-67.1561,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0139,ME0141,ME0147,ME0155
Giffs BayWashingtonMEHead of the Bay. There are several references to brachiopods from Giffs Bay, but no other referencesSPembrokeinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-LeiopteriaME0151There are no internet references to Giffs Bay other than a specimen of Leiopteria subplana collected there in or before 1915http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.9398,-67.1261,location:Sipp Bay.ME,AKm74?|Avalon Terrane?$*ME0149
LubecWashingtonMEAt Lubec Bluff on shore. Outcrop of Presumpscot claysPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME012044.8606,-66.9847,,AKm73|*$ME0121,ME0145
LubecWashingtonMECarrying Place Cove. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferousPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME012144.8606,-66.9847,,AKm73|*$ME0120,ME0145
Machais Bay(NE-HolmesBay)WashingtonMEIn glacial moraine at Holmes Bay in NE part of Machais BayPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-PortlandiaME012244.7022,-67.2966,,AKm73|$*
North Trescott(NE-CrowsNeck)WashingtonMENE at Crows NeckS?Edmundsinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-PterineaME0146http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8594,-67.1322,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?$*
Pembroke(E-HersheyCove)WashingtonMEE shore of Hersey CoveSPembrokeinvertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda-PlatyschismaME0152http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.9390,-67.1474,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?$*
Pembroke(LeightonCove-LongCove)WashingtonMENumerous area exposures including Leighton Cove and Long CoveSPembrokeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Chonetes;mollusks-bivalvia-GrammysiaME0148http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.9475,-67.1764,,AJj44|Avalon Terrane?$*
Pembroke(LeightonCove-N)WashingtonMEIn shales at the Northern tip of Leighton coveSPembrokeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Camarotoechia,Chonetes,Dalmanella,Lingula;mollusks-bivalvia-Actinopteria,Modiolopsis,NuculitesME0147http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8116,-67.1541,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0139,ME0141,ME0143
PerryWashingtonME44d58m North,67d4mW Collected in 1860s by William DawsonDplants-lycopodiophyta-BarinophytonME012344.9667,-67.0667,,AKm73|$*ME0129
PerryWashingtonMEIn area exposures of Avalonian(?) beds. Poorly preserved fossilsD-ME0129New York State Museum Fifth Report of the Director 1908 P2944.9735,-67.0748,,AJj44|$*ME0123
Sipp Bay(US1bridge-Wside)?WashingtonMEWest side S of highway bridgeSPembrokeinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Lingula;mollusks-bivalvia-EurymyellaME0149http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.9408,-67.1153,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?$*ME0151
Trescott(CobscookRiv)WashingtonMECobscook River at Outer side of S point forming enclosure of Carrying Place Cove in gray shalesS?Edmundsinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-AviculaME0145http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8444,-66.9972,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane?*$ME0120,ME0121
West Quoddy HeadWashingtonMEpoorly preserved fossils. Also the Little River FormationSlQuoddyinvertebrates-brachiopoda,graptolites-MonograptusME013544.8131,-66.9633,,AKm73?|Avalon Terrane$*
Youngs Cove(NEside)WashingtonMENE side of cove in shalesSPembrokeinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-ActinopteriaME0150http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni451913unit/proceedingsofuni451913unit_djvu.txt44.8914,-67.0994,,AKm73|Avalon Terrane?$*ME0137
KennebunkYorkMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Cerastoderma,Chlamys,Portlandia,Thracia,Zirphaea;gastropoda-Buccinum,Natica,NeptuneaME012543.3839,-70.5453,,AKm73|$*ME0124
KennebunkYorkMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Hiatella,Musculus,Mya,Mytilus,Portlandia;gastropoda-BuccinumME012443.3839,-70.5453,,AKm73?|$*ME0125
SacoYorkMEin float on beachHLeda Clayinvertebrates-mollusksME007843.4719,-70.3866,,AKm73|$*ME0126
SacoYorkMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Astarte,Lyonsia,Nucula,Nuculana,Pandora,pectinidae-Pecten;Portlandia,Thracia,Yoldia,Yoldiella;gastropoda-Buccinum,Natica,PuncturellaME012643.4719,-70.3866,,AKm73|$*ME0078
South BerwickYorkMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-AstarteME012743.2344,-70.8100,,AKm73|$*
Wells BeachYorkMEPEPresumpscotinvertebrates-mollusksME012843.3058,-70.5656,,AKm73|$*
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