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Vipond Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USAi
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There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences5
Youngest Fossil Listed251 Ma (Early/Lower Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed260 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Dinwoody4252.17 - 247.2 Ma (Phanerozoic)
Park City - Franson1259.9 - 254.17 Ma (Permian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sanguinolites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Sanguinolites259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Eumorphotis multiformis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Heteropectinidae : Eumorphotis : Eumorphotis multiformis252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Promyalina spathi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Promyalina : Promyalina spathi252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Ophiceras (Discophiceras) subkyokticum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Ophiceratidae : Discophiceras : Ophiceras (Discophiceras) subkyokticum252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Bittnerithyris margaritovi
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Dielasmatidae : Bittnerithyris : Bittnerithyris margaritovi252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
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