References for the Fossils of Mazon Creek, Illinois
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Mazon Creek Area Paleontology - https://paleobiology.si.edu/mazoncreek/mazonPaleo.html
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/Mazonia-Braidwood.aspx
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area map - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Documents/MazoniaBraidwoodSiteMap.pdf
Monster Lake map - https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/display_lake.php?waternum=20061
Buried Alive, story by Kathy Andrews - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/OI/Documents/Jan11MazoniaFossils.pdf
Northeastern Illinois University
Mazon Creek Fossils - https://web.archive.org/web/20060919224952fw_/http://www.neiu.edu/~mcproj/home.html
University of California Museum of Paleontology
Localities of the Carboniferous: Mazon Creek, Illinois - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/mazon.html
Mazon Creek Lagerstätte fossils by James St. John
(Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mines in the Essex-Braidwood-Morris area, northern Illinois, USA)
"One of the most remarkable soft-bodied fossil deposits (lagerstätten) on Earth is the Pennsylvanian-aged Mazon Creek Lagerstätte near Chicago, Illinois. In the Mazon Creek area, the Francis Creek Shale consists of concretionary gray shales. The Francis Creek concretions are composed of argillaceous ironstone, and can be fossiliferous or nonfossiliferous. The fossiliferous concretions contain land plants and terrestrial & marine animals, including nonmineralizing organisms."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/sets/72157646416371744/
Fossil Lagerstätten
A catalogue of sites of exceptional fossil preservation produced by MSc Palaeobiology Students at
University of Bristol's Department of Earth Sciences - http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Lagerstatten/mazon/index.html
The Vanishing Mother Lode of Mazon Creek: One of the planet's best deposits of prehistoric fossils is getting trashed, and no one seems to care but a small group of fanatical collectors. By Mike Sula
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-vanishing-mother-lode-of-mazon-creek/Content?oid=915941
The Field Museum
Mazon Creek flora - https://www.fieldmuseum.org/node/5126
The Nautiloid Network: Fossil Collecting Sites in the US and Abroad
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area map - http://nautiloid.net/fossils/sites/mazon/mazon_map.html
Fossil Collecting at Mazon Creek - http://nautiloid.net/fossils/sites/mazon/mazon.html
Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (ESCONI)
Where Can I Collect Mazon Creek Fossils? - http://www.esconi.org/esconi_earth_science_club/2013/02/where-can-i-collect-mazon-creek-fossils.html
Mazon Creek Area Paleontology - https://paleobiology.si.edu/mazoncreek/mazonPaleo.html
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/Mazonia-Braidwood.aspx
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area map - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Documents/MazoniaBraidwoodSiteMap.pdf
Monster Lake map - https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/display_lake.php?waternum=20061
Buried Alive, story by Kathy Andrews - https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/OI/Documents/Jan11MazoniaFossils.pdf
Northeastern Illinois University
Mazon Creek Fossils - https://web.archive.org/web/20060919224952fw_/http://www.neiu.edu/~mcproj/home.html
University of California Museum of Paleontology
Localities of the Carboniferous: Mazon Creek, Illinois - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/mazon.html
Mazon Creek Lagerstätte fossils by James St. John
(Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mines in the Essex-Braidwood-Morris area, northern Illinois, USA)
"One of the most remarkable soft-bodied fossil deposits (lagerstätten) on Earth is the Pennsylvanian-aged Mazon Creek Lagerstätte near Chicago, Illinois. In the Mazon Creek area, the Francis Creek Shale consists of concretionary gray shales. The Francis Creek concretions are composed of argillaceous ironstone, and can be fossiliferous or nonfossiliferous. The fossiliferous concretions contain land plants and terrestrial & marine animals, including nonmineralizing organisms."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/sets/72157646416371744/
Fossil Lagerstätten
A catalogue of sites of exceptional fossil preservation produced by MSc Palaeobiology Students at
University of Bristol's Department of Earth Sciences - http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Lagerstatten/mazon/index.html
The Vanishing Mother Lode of Mazon Creek: One of the planet's best deposits of prehistoric fossils is getting trashed, and no one seems to care but a small group of fanatical collectors. By Mike Sula
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-vanishing-mother-lode-of-mazon-creek/Content?oid=915941
The Field Museum
Mazon Creek flora - https://www.fieldmuseum.org/node/5126
The Nautiloid Network: Fossil Collecting Sites in the US and Abroad
Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area map - http://nautiloid.net/fossils/sites/mazon/mazon_map.html
Fossil Collecting at Mazon Creek - http://nautiloid.net/fossils/sites/mazon/mazon.html
Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (ESCONI)
Where Can I Collect Mazon Creek Fossils? - http://www.esconi.org/esconi_earth_science_club/2013/02/where-can-i-collect-mazon-creek-fossils.html
Updated 2018_05_28