Mazon River

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The Mazon River is a tributary of the Illinois River in northeastern Illinois, noted for its rich fossil beds and significance to paleontology.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mazon River canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mazon Creek fossil beds ⓘ
surface form: Mazon Creek (in fossil context)
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Mississippi River basin ⓘ
flowsThrough Grundy County, Illinois ⓘ
Will County, Illinois ⓘ
fossilSiteType Lagerstätte ⓘ
geologicalAgeRepresented Carboniferous period ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvanian period
geologicalGroupAssociated Carbondale Formation ⓘ
hasFossilLocality Mazon Creek fossil beds ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area ⓘ
Mazon Creek fossil beds ⓘ
surface form: Mazon Creek Fossil Beds State Natural Area
hasProtectionStatus partly protected fossil site ⓘ
hasScientificSignificanceIn Carboniferous stratigraphy ⓘ
paleoecology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
knownForFossilsOf amphibians ⓘ
arthropods ⓘ
conodonts ⓘ
early reptiles ⓘ
ferns ⓘ
fish ⓘ
horsetails ⓘ
insects ⓘ
plants ⓘ
seed ferns ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Illinois ⓘ
surface form: northeastern Illinois
mouthLocatedIn Illinois River ⓘ
mouthLocatedNear Morris, Illinois ⓘ
name Mazon River self-link ⓘ
near Braidwood, Illinois ⓘ
Coal City, Illinois ⓘ
notedFor rich fossil beds ⓘ
significance to paleontology ⓘ
partOf Illinois River ⓘ
surface form: Illinois River watershed
tributaryOf Illinois River ⓘ
usedFor fossil collecting ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mazon River → name → Mazon River self-link ⓘ
Morris, Illinois → hasWaterway → Mazon River ⓘ