3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY
Onondaga County, New York42.95417, −76.13750
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About 3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY
3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY is a fossil collection site in Onondaga, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Onondaga Formation, dated to the Eifelian (393.47–387.95 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deep subtidal shelf and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Atrypa reticularis, Megakozlowskiella raricosta, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Pentamerella arata, Levenea, Dalejina.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Onondaga
- Geologic interval
- Eifelian
- Age
- 393.47–387.95 Ma
- Depositional environment
- deep subtidal shelf
- Tectonic setting
- foreland basin
- Recorded occurrences
- 13
Locality notes
along Route 11 at the junction of I-81 and Route 11; coordinates based on the location of the interstection given and the towns of Nedrow and Sentinel Heights, NY.
Fossils found here
Atrypa reticularis
Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae
Megakozlowskiella raricosta
Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinopsidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Strophomenata · Rafinesquinidae
Pentamerella arata
Rhynchonellata · Clorindidae
Levenea
Rhynchonellata · Dalmanellidae
Dalejina
Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae
Athyris
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Megastrophia
Strophomenata · Strophodontidae
Atlanticocoelia acutiplicata
Rhynchonellata · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Gypidula
Rhynchonellata · Gypidulidae
Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa
Strophomenata · Strophodontidae
Trematospira
Rhynchonellata · Rhynchospirinidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9558 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about 3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY
Can you collect at 3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY?
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 3124B, Leptaena-Megakozlowskiella community, Onondaga Limestone, NY?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.