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Fossil collection site in the Oread, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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130 fossils destinations in Kansas.
Rockhounding sites in Kansas — fossils: 130 spots in our directory. Sort live from your phone with near me, or browse all U.S. fossils rockhounding sites and the Kansas state page.
Trilobites, brachiopods, petrified wood, and other paleontological collecting on public land.
We currently document 130 fossils collecting sites in Kansas. Each listing includes original descriptions, visitor notes, and last-updated dates when available.
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Fossil collection site in the Oread, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Logan County, Kansas. Environment: fine channel fill. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Sheridan County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Ada is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Cheyenne Sandstone, Kiowa County, Kansas. Environment: "floodplain". Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Dakota, Cloud County, Kansas. Environment: lacustrine - small. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Falls City Limestone, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Bryozoan fossils is a documented rockhounding destination in KS. Collectors visit for fossils, trilobites, dinosaur bone and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Logan County, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Kiowa, Clark County, Kansas. Environment: foreshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Gove County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wreford, Kansas. Environment: offshore ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wreford, Kansas. Environment: offshore ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Eagle Limestone, Chase County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Coffeyville, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Eagle Limestone, Cowley County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Dakota, Russell County County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wellington, Kansas. Environment: peritidal. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestome, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestome, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Trego County, Kansas. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lawrence Shale, Kansas. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Gove County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Dakota, Barton County, Kansas. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Jewell County, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Beattie, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Beattie, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Beattie, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Kiowa, McPherson County County, Kansas. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Chautauqua County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Graham County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pierre Shale, Logan County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wreford, Kansas. Environment: offshore ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Kiowa, McPherson County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wellington, Marion County, Kansas. Environment: pond. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pierre Shale, Logan County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Medicine Lodge is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Niobrara chalk pinnacles of Gove County contain marine fossils; collecting on surrounding ranch land with respect for formations.
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Fossil collection site in the Wreford, Kansas. Environment: offshore ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wreford, Kansas. Environment: offshore ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Lincoln County County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lawrence Shale, Douglas County, Kansas. Environment: lagoonal. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Jewell County, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wann, Montgomery County County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Stanton, Montgomery County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Trego County, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Environment: fluvial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Ottawa is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Fossil plants, Crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Lawrence Shale, Franklin County, Kansas. Environment: lagoonal. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Grenola, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ogallala, Phillips County, Kansas. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Eagle Limestone, Riley County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Trego County, Kansas. Environment: coarse channel fill. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wyandotte, Johnson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lane Shale, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Eiss, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestome, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Carlile Shale, Mitchell County, Kansas. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Pennsylvanian limestone of eastern Kansas road cuts near Lawrence and Topeka contain abundant marine invertebrate fossils.
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Fossil collection site in the Howard, Shawnee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Trego County, Kansas. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Niobrara, Trego County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Greenhorn Limestone, Cloud County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Stanton, Montgomery County, Kansas. Environment: offshore shelf. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pottawatomie, Douglas County, Kansas. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Douglas, Douglas County, Kansas. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Chase County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Jackson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Riley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Riley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Riley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Riley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Wood Siding, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Beattie Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Stotler Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Eagle Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Zeandale Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Zeandale Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Nemaha County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Nemaha County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Jackson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Jackson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Grenola Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Cowley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Butler County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Elk County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Grenola Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Lyon County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Lyon County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Eagle Limestone, Cowley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Zeandale Limestone, Greenwood County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Lyon County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Lyon County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Foraker Limestone, Brown County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Jackson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Janesville Shale, Cowley County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Stanton, Wilson County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Beattie, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Grenola, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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