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Adams County, Illinois, USAi
Regional Level Types
Adams CountyCounty
IllinoisState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Quincy40,780 (2017)
Camp Point1,125 (2017)
Payson1,011 (2017)
Mendon942 (2017)
Clayton745 (2017)
Golden637 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
168986
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:168986:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Comté d'Adams, Illinois, États-Unis
German:
Adams County, Illinois, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Contea di Adams, Illinois, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Адамс, Иллинойс, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
亞當斯縣, 伊利诺伊州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Adams, Illinois, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Adams County, Illinois, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة آدمز, إلينوي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ադամսի շրջան, Իլինոյս, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Adams konderria, Illinois
Bavarian:
Adams County, Illinois, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
অ্যাডামস কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Адамс, Илинойс, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Adams County, Illinois
Czech:
Adams County, Illinois, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Adams County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان آدامز، آیداهو, ایلینوی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Adams megye, Illinois, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Indonesian:
Adams County, Illinois, Amerika Serikat
Japanese:
アダムズ郡, イリノイ州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Adams Comitatus, Illinoesia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Adams County, Illinois, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Adams Gông, Illinois
Norwegian:
Adams County, Illinois, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Adams, Illinois, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Adams, Illinois, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Adams, Illinois, Statele Unite ale Americii
Serbian:
Округ Адамс, Илиноис, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Adams County, Illinois, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Adams County, Illinois, USA
Turkish:
Adams County, Illinois, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Адамс, Іллінойс, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
ایڈمز کاؤنٹی، ایڈاہو, الینوائے, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Adams, Illinois, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Adams, Illinois, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Adams County, Illinois, Unol Daleithiau America
Western Punjabi:
آدمز کاؤنٹی، اڈاہو, الینوۓ, امریکہ


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There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences11
Youngest Fossil Listed336 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed354 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Warsaw4345 - 336 Ma (Carboniferous)
Keokuk Limestone5345.3 - 330.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
Burlington Limestone2353.8 - 342.8 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Actinocrinites
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Actinocrinitidae : Actinocrinites353.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Delicaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Neopalaeasteridae : Delicaster345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois
Wikidata ID:Q108798
GeoNames ID:4232512

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