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Preston, Lancashire, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
PrestonDistrict
LancashireCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Preston313,332 (2017)
Goosnargh1,398 (2018)
Woodplumpton688 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
354178
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:354178:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Preston
French:
cité de Preston, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
City of Preston, Lancashire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Russian:
Престон, Ланкашир, Англия, Великобритания
Simplified Chinese:
普雷斯頓市, 蘭開夏, 英格兰, 英国
Welsh:
Preston, Swydd Gaerhirfryn, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig
Belarusian:
Прэстан, Ланкашыр, Англія, Вялікабрытанія
Cebuano:
Preston District, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Farsi/Persian:
پرستون, لانکاشر, انگلستان, بریتانیا
Hebrew:
הסיטי של פרסטון, לנקשייר, אנגליה, הממלכה המאוחדת
Hungarian:
Preston, Lancashire, Anglia, Egyesült Királyság
Japanese:
シティ・オブ・プレストン, ランカシャー, イングランド, イギリス
Korean:
프레스턴, 랭커셔주, 잉글랜드, 영국
Macedonian:
Престон, Ланкашир, Англија, Обединето Кралство
Mazanderani:
پرستون, بریتانیا
Polish:
City of Preston, Lancashire, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Serbian:
Престон, Ланкашир, Енглеска, Уједињено Краљевство
Serbo-Croatian:
City of Preston, Lancashire, Lancashire, Engleska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
South Azerbaijani:
پرستون, اینگیلیس, بیرلشمیش شاهلیق
Swedish:
Preston District, Lancashire, England, Storbritannien
Turkish:
Preston Şehri, Lancashire, İngiltere, Birleşik Krallık
Ukrainian:
Престон, Ланкашир, Англія, Велика Британія
Urdu:
پریسٹن شہر، لنکاشائر, لنکاشائر, انگلستان, مملکت متحدہ
Western Punjabi:
پریسٹن, لنکاشائر, انگلستان, برطانیہ


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed299 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Carboniferous Limestone1326.4 - 298.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Yanishewskiella
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetracameridae : Yanishewskiella358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Preston,_Lancashire
Wikidata ID:Q385669
GeoNames ID:7290581

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