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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 b
y 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





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