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Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst

Livingston County, New York
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Minerals on record here

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Recorded here: fossil.

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About Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst

Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst is a fossil collection site in Livingston, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Moscow Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Ambocoelia umbonata, Pseudoatrypa devoniana, Devonochonetes, Longispina, Mucrospirifer mucronatus, Orbiculoidea.

Geologic setting

Formation
Moscow
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
13
Locality notes

Geneseo Quadrangle (1/24000)--banks of Fall Brook 0.4 miles east of (upstream from) NY Rte 20A-39 overpass, 1.4 miles south of Geneseo; coordinates based on location of Fall Brook and Geneseo, NY.

Fossils found here

Ambocoelia umbonata
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Pseudoatrypa devoniana
Rhynchonellata · Atrypidae
Devonochonetes
Strophomenata · Chonetidae
Longispina
Strophomenata · Chonetidae
Mucrospirifer mucronatus
Rhynchonellata · Mucrospiriferidae
Orbiculoidea
Lingulata · Discinidae
Craniops
Craniata · Craniopsidae
Schuchertella
Strophomenata · Schuchertellidae
Modiella
Bivalvia · Kalenteridae
Palaeoneilo
Bivalvia · Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo constricta
Bivalvia · Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo fecunda
Bivalvia · Malletiidae
Pterochaenia
Bivalvia · Lunulacardiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9358 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst

Can you collect at Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst?

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 Locality 21, Fall Brook , Kashong and Windom Members, Moscow Formation, Livingst?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 6 kg iron meteorite was found at South Byron in 1915, 21 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.