Typical distribution of the Fort Fairfield / Limestone fossils.

FOSSIL	TIME PERIODS
	Triassic	Jurassic	Cretaceous	Paleocene	Eocene	Oligocene	Miocene	Pliocene	Pleistocene (recent)
Cardium	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unio*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pecten	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Asarte	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Turritella			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Polygyra				X	X	X	X	X	X
Vertigo					X	X	X	X	X
Natica	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Arca		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

*Tells us that this was a lake (fresh water) environment.

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Last updated on October 6, 2005

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