Mazon Creek Fossil Beds

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a conservation lagerst tte found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossil beds are located in ironstone concretions, formed approximately 300 million years ago in the mid-Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. These concretions frequently preserve both hard and soft tissues of animal and plant materials, as well as many soft-bodied organisms that do not normally fossilize. The quality, quantity and diversity of fossils in the area, known since the mid-nineteenth century, make the Mazon Creek lagerst tte important to paleontologists, in attempting to reconstruct the paleoecology of the sites. The locality was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510859725
• ISBN13: 9785510859720
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"