Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland
Washington County County, Maryland39.65639, −77.93195
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland
Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland is a fossil collection site in Washington County, Maryland, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Rose Hill Formation, dated to the Llandovery to Ludlow (443.1–422.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore. Documented finds include Eocoelia sulcata, Liocalymene, Calymene.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Rose Hill
- Geologic interval
- Llandovery to Ludlow
- Age
- 443.1–422.7 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
Fossils found here
Eocoelia sulcata
Rhynchonellata · Leptocoeliidae
Liocalymene
Trilobita · Calymenidae
Calymene
Trilobita · Calymenidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 40722 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland
Can you collect at Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland?
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 Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.