Blackstone Formation

175 distinct taxa, from 260 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.

The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.

Queensland · AU

153 taxa · 212 fossils · 227–206 Mya

Filed under the Ipswich Coal Measures Group. Members recorded: Striped Bacon Seam.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Brassal Subgroup, in the Ipswich Coal Measures Group, and dates it 237–227 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record

Blackstone Formation — 27.61°S, 152.91°EBlackstone Formation — 27.62°S, 152.75°E

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2 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

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What has been found

The 40 most often recorded, of 153.

Alberta · CA

22 taxa · 48 fossils · 94–90 Mya

Members recorded: Haven, Opabin, Vimy.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Alberta Group, and dates it 104–91 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record

Blackstone Formation — 52.36°N, 116.25°WBlackstone Formation — 52.38°N, 115.41°WBlackstone Formation — 50.74°N, 113.85°WBlackstone Formation — 52.00°N, 115.00°WBlackstone Formation — 53.10°N, 117.45°WBlackstone Formation — 53.74°N, 118.23°WBlackstone Formation — 52.80°N, 116.81°W

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7 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

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What has been found

Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.