This is Mazon Monday post #11.
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The Illinois State Museum in Springfield, IL has a significant collection of Mazon Creek fossils. Most of the collection stems from a collection donated by George Langford in the 1930s. The Mazon Creek Collections Database is a digitzed resource accessible on the museum's website. In it, you will find specimens cataloged with source, locality, and even when it was collected. You can search for a specific species or browse the collection a few entries at a time. There are thousands of specimens with many breathtaking photos. It's a great resource, check it out!
Here is the entry for an Alethopteris serli specimen.
Full record for specimen number 14254
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| Extended catalog data | ||
| Determination: | Alethopteris serli | find similar |
| Describer: | Brongniart | find similar |
| Type Status: | find similar | |
| Figured In: | find similar | |
| Geologic Unit: | Francis Creek Shale | find similar |
| Geologic Era: | Pennsylvanian | find similar |
| Special Collection: | Langford | find similar |
| Keywords: | seed fern | find similar |
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| Catalog Number: | 14254 | find similar |
| Accession Number: | 1939-3 | find similar |
| Field Numbers: | find similar | |
| Material: | fossil | find similar |
| Received From: | Langford, George Sr. | find similar |
| Date Received: | April 3, 1939 | find similar |
| Collector: | Langford, George Sr. and Langford, George Jr. | find similar |
| When Collected: | June 1938 | find similar |
| Locality: | Will County, Illinois | find similar |
| Remarks: | find similar | |
| Material Assigned To: | Geology | find similar |
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| Manner Of Acquisition: | Gift | find similar |
| Date Of Entry: | Jan. 29, 1954 | find similar |
| Entered By: | MDT | find similar |
