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Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky

Switzerland County, Indiana
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Minerals on record here

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Recorded here: fossil.

12 miStephanocrinus cornetti-Cupulocorona osgoodensis Assoc., Osgood Fms., IndianaFossil12 miHitz Bed, sample 4 (HW4), Upper Whitewater Formation, Madison, INFossil17 miUSGS KY-1Fossil

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About Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky

Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky is a fossil collection site in Switzerland, Indiana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Brassfield Formation, dated to the Aeronian (440.5–438.6 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Paliphyllum.

Geologic setting

Formation
Brassfield
Geologic interval
Aeronian
Age
440.5–438.6 Ma
Depositional environment
shallow subtidal indet.
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

Tri-County Stone Company Quarry, 4 miles south of Cross Plains, Switzerland County, Indiana. Cross plains Quadrangle.

Fossils found here

Paliphyllum
Anthozoa · Paliphyllidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 13207 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky

Can you collect at Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid - Llandovery, 21 - Patzkowsky?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 36 kg stony-iron meteorite was found at Eagle Station in 1880, 23 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.