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Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USAi
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Map Views Showing Location of Old Stone Quarry in Montague, Massachusetts

Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
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Map Views Showing Location of Old Stone Quarry in Montague, Massachusetts

Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
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Map Views Showing Location of Old Stone Quarry in Montague, Massachusetts

Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Montague8,637 (2017)
Turners Falls4,470 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
311359
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:311359:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Montague, comté de Franklin, Massachusetts, États-Unis
German:
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Montague, contea di Franklin, Massachusetts, Stati Uniti d'America
Spanish:
Montague, Condado de Franklin, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
مونتاغو, مقاطعة فرانكلين, ماساتشوستس, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Montague , Franklin konderria , Massachusetts
Catalan:
Montague, Massachusetts, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Chechen:
Монтагью , Массачусетс, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Dutch:
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
مونتاجو, ماساتشوستس, امريكا
Farsi/Persian:
مونتاگ، ماساچوست, شهرستان فرانکلین، ماساچوست, ماساچوست, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Haitian:
Montague, Masachosèt, Etazini
Japanese:
モンタギュー, フランクリン郡, マサチューセッツ州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Монтаг, Массачусетс, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Монтаг, Массачусетс, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Occitan:
Montague, Massachusetts, Estats Units d'America
Polish:
Montague, Hrabstwo Franklin, Massachusetts, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Montague, Condado de Franklin, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
South Azerbaijani:
مونتاقو، ماساچوست, ماساچوست ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Tatar:
Монтагью , Массачусетс, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Монтегю, Франклін, Массачусетс, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Montague, Massachusetts, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Montague, Massachusetts, Unol Daleithiau America


Montague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The town has five villages within it: Montague Center, Montague City, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, and Lake Pleasant. Montague Center was the original European settlement and was part of the town of Sunderland.

An 1871 map shows both a stone quarry and dinosaur fossil locality within the town boundaries.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences25
Youngest Fossil Listed191 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed201 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Meriden - Mount Toby4201.3 - 190.8 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Agawam - Portland21201.3 - 190.8 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Eubrontes (Ornithichnites)
subgenus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Eubrontes (Ornithichnites)201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Argoides minimus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Argoides : Argoides minimus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Eubrontes sillimani
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Eubrontes sillimani201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Anchisauripus tuberosus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Anchisauripus tuberosus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Anchisauripus exsertus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Anchisauripus exsertus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Eubrontes giganteus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Eubrontes giganteus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Anomoepus scambus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Moyenisauropodidae : Anomoepus : Anomoepus scambus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Sauropus barrattii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropodidae : Sauropus : Sauropus barrattii201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Steropoides diversus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Steropoides : Steropoides diversus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Steropoides elegans
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Steropoides : Steropoides elegans201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Anticheiropus hamatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Anticheiropus : Anticheiropus hamatus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Anticheiropus pilulatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Anticheiropus : Anticheiropus pilulatus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Steropoides loripes
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Steropoides : Steropoides loripes201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Ornithopus adamsanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Batrachopodidae : Batrachopus : Ornithopus adamsanus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Ornithoidichnites divaricatus
species
Ichnolites : Dipodichnites : Ornithoidichnites : Ornithoidichnites divaricatus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Herpystezoum
genus
Herpystezoum201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Holcoptera giebeli
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coptoclavidae : Holcoptera : Holcoptera giebeli201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Mormolucoides articulatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mormolucoides : Mormolucoides articulatus201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Steropoides ingens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Steropoides : Steropoides ingens201.3 - 190.8 Ma
Early Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 6 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague,_Massachusetts
Wikidata ID:Q33180
GeoNames ID:4944413


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