Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section
Allegany County County, Maryland39.40306, −78.83945
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section
Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section is a fossil collection site in Allegany County, Maryland, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Tonoloway Limstone Formation, dated to the Ludlow to Pridoli (426.7–419.62 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Leperditia, Welleria, Dizygopleura.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Tonoloway Limstone
- Geologic interval
- Ludlow to Pridoli
- Age
- 426.7–419.62 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 5
Fossils found here
Leperditia
Ostracoda · Leperditiidae
Welleria
Ostracoda · Beyrichiidae
Dizygopleura
Ostracoda · Kloedenellidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 41642 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section
Can you collect at Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section?
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 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, McKenzie-Pinto Section?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.