EPISODE · Dec 25, 2020 · 8 MIN
Carboniferous Mason Creek Biota
from Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelier · host Fossil Huntress
You may have seen some lovely plant material in dark nodules of siderite or iron carbonate coming from the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds. the Mason Creek Biota are lovely fossil lagerstätte found in northeastern Illinois. These marine and terrestrial fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions that tell the tale of our world some 309 million years ago — back in the Carboniferous.
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