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    • USGS Denver Mesozoic Catalog for 14595 fossil localities from the Rocky Mountain Region (1933-2017)

    Metadata Updated: November 20, 2025

    Collection consist of Western Interior Upper Cretaceous ammonites and Inoceramids featuring stratigraphic and spatial data. Data is primarily type fossils from the USGS Denver Mesozoic Invertebrate Catalog created and maintained by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Data was collected by paleontologist William A. Cobban during his sixty years of service within the USGS Paleontology And Stratigraphy Branch and Geologic Mapping Team. His catalogs were converted into digital form, Excel and Filemaker Pro database. The Catalog is 14595 fossil localities. His supplementary data has been added whenever possible - sources field map locality points, E&R files with enhanced faunal lists, as well as formal publications

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 20, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 20, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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    Data Last Modified 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
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    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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